Word Meaning 禁じ得ない

きんじえない kinjienai

禁じ得ない is read as きんじえない (kinjienai) and means cannot help (laughing, feeling sympathy, etc.).

Meaning

English

  1. cannot help (laughing, feeling sympathy, etc.)
  2. cannot hold back (tears, anger, etc.)
  3. cannot suppress

Reading

Kana

きんじえない

Romaji

kinjienai

Writing Variants

  • 禁じえない きんじえない kinjienai

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 33 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 74379 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

禁止

きんし

prohibition

禁物

きんもつ

thing that should be (carefully) avoided

禁じる

きんじる

to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.)

禁煙

きんえん

prohibition of smoking

禁ずる

きんずる

to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.)

禁酒

きんしゅ

prohibition of drinking

禁固

きんこ

imprisonment (without forced labour)

禁治産

きんちさん

incompetency

禁制

きんせい

prohibition

禁止法

きんしほう

negative statute

禁輸

きんゆ

embargo

禁欲的

きんよくてき

abstemious