Meanings
Adjective (い)
Suffix
1. unable to...; cannot ...
after the -masu stem of a verb
Kanji used
gain
Pitch accent
ない
Used in vocabulary (15 in total)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
impossible; unlikely; improbable
cannot be helped; unavoidable
cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
cannot be helped; unavoidable
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle
cannot help (doing); have no choice but to; am compelled to; am obliged to; it is incumbent upon (me) to
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
cannot be helped; unavoidable
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
not able to change
beyond one's comprehension; beyond one's grasp
cannot help (doing); have no choice but to
cannot be helped; unavoidable