[いじょう, ijou] (n-adv, n-t) (1) (See 余・1) not less than; ... and more; ... and upwards; (2) beyond ... (e.g. one's means); further (e.g. nothing further to say); more than ... (e.g. cannot pay more than that); (3) above-mentioned; foregoing; (4) since ...; seeing that ...; (5) this is all; that is the end; the end; (P) #312
[maji ; maji] (adj-na, n) (1) (col) (abbr) (See 真面目・まじめ) serious (not capricious or flirtatious); (aux-v) (2) (まじ only) (See まい) cannot; should not; will not; must not #12105
[とうてい, toutei] (adv) (cannot) possibly; no matter how; (P) #14246
[だめ(P);ダメ, dame (P); dame] (adj-na, n) (1) (uk) no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken; (2) (uk) hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless; (3) (uk) cannot; must not; not allowed; (P) #15167
[みっしつ, misshitsu] (n) (1) room that cannot be entered (i.e. because it's locked from the inside); (2) secret room; (P) #16109
[やむをえない, yamuwoenai] (exp) cannot be helped; unavoidable; (P) #18407
[ざるをえない, zaruwoenai] (exp) cannot help (doing); have no choice but to; am compelled to; am obliged to; it is incumbent upon (me) to
[ざるえない, zaruenai] (exp) (See ざるを得ない) cannot help (doing); have no choice but to
[せざるをえない, sezaruwoenai] (exp, adj-i) (See ざる) cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
[せざるえない, sezaruenai] (exp, adj-i) (See ざる, せざるを得ない) cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
[どうしようもない, doushiyoumonai] (exp, adj-i) (uk) it cannot be helped; there is no other way
[naranai (P); naranu ; naran ; narimasen] (exp) (1) (usu. ...てならない or ...でならない) cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; cannot bear not to; (2) (usu. ...てはならない or ...ではならない) must not ...; should not ...; (3) (usu. ...なくてはならない, ...なければならない, or ...ねばならない) must ...; have to ...; ought to ....; (P)
[hazuganai] (exp) (See 筈・1) cannot (do); it is impossible that...
[bekarazaru] (exp) (See 可からず) cannot; must not
[bekumonai] (exp) cannot possibly be
[hokanai] (exp) can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
[やむおえない, yamuoenai] (exp, adj-i) (incorrect variant of やむを得ない) (See やむを得ない) cannot be helped; unavoidable
[やもうえない, yamouenai] (exp, adj-i) (incorrect variant of やむを得ない) (See やむを得ない) cannot be helped; unavoidable
[やらざるをえない, yarazaruwoenai] (exp) (See せざるを得ない) cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
[バッファかくほしっぱい, baffa kakuhoshippai] (n) buffer (full) error (i.e. space cannot be reserved as it is full)
[せんかたない, senkatanai] (adj-i) (1) (See どうしようもない) it cannot be helped; there is no way; (2) (arch) intolerable; unbearable
[なんじょう, nanjou] (adv) (1) what street? (esp. in Kyoto and Sapporo); (2) what article? (in a law); (3) (arch) (the 条 in 何条 is an ateji) how can?; cannot possibly; there is no way
[うみのものともやまのものともわからない, uminomonotomoyamanomonotomowakaranai] (exp) neither fish nor fowl; cannot be foreseen
[かっかそうよう, kakkasouyou] (n) being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe); having an itch that one cannot scratch
[らくはくのたねくはらくのたね, rakuhakunotanekuharakunotane] (exp) one cannot have pain without pleasure, and one cannot have pleasure without pain
[たまったものではない, tamattamonodehanai] (exp) (1) (uk) (emphatic form of 堪らない) (See 堪らない・たまらない・1) intolerable; unbearable; unendurable; (2) (uk) (See 堪らない・たまらない・2) cannot help (doing); cannot but do; anxious to do; (3) (uk) (See 堪らない・たまらない・3) tremendous; out of this world; irresistible
[たまらない, tamaranai] (exp, adj-i) (1) intolerable; unbearable; unendurable; (2) cannot help (doing); cannot but do; anxious to do; (3) tremendous; out of this world; irresistible; (P)
[きこのいきおい, kikonoikioi] (exp) having no choice but to carry on; having no choice but to go on; unable to change one's course of action; a man riding a tiger cannot disembark halfway through
[ぎだん, gidan] (n) a doubt that lurks in one's soul and that cannot be resolved
[なくことじとうにはかてぬ, nakukotojitounihakatenu] (exp) (id) you cannot win against someone who doesn't listen to reason (e.g. a crying child or a violent lord); you can't fight City Hall
[いてもたってもいられない, itemotattemoirarenai] (exp) (uk) unable to contain oneself; itching to do something; cannot sit still
[きょうげべつでん, kyougebetsuden] (n) (See 不立文字) Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism)
[きょうかすいげつ, kyoukasuigetsu] (n) flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface; something that is visible but having no substance; the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words
[くはらくのたね, kuharakunotane] (exp) one cannot have pleasure without pain; no pain, no gain
[ざっちょ, zaccho] (n) (1) (See 雑書) writings on many different topics; (2) book that cannot be classified in any category
[おもえてならない, omoetenaranai] (exp) cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
[しかをおうものはやまをみず, shikawooumonohayamawomizu] (exp) (id) You cannot see the wood for trees
[とりかえしがつかない, torikaeshigatsukanai] (exp) (See 取り返しのつかない) cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
[とりかえしのつかない, torikaeshinotsukanai] (exp, adj-i) (See 取り返しがつかない) cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
[てもあしもでない, temoashimodenai] (exp) cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
[しょうりゃくふかのう, shouryakufukanou] (n) { comp } mandatory; cannot be omitted
[のりかかったふね, norikakattafune] (exp) already embarked (and hence cannot go back); already started
[ずがない, zuganai] (exp, adj-i) unthinkable; extraordinary; preposterous; cannot be
[すいてんほうふつ, suitenhoufutsu] (n) view in the distant offing where the sea and skyline cannot be distinguished
[ぜひにおよばず, zehinioyobazu] (exp) unavoidable; inevitable; cannot be helped; of necessity
[きってもきれない, kittemokirenai] (exp, adj-i) inseparable (esp. bond, relationship); inextricable; joined at the hip; integral; essential; cannot be broken (cut, separated); indissoluble
[せんみょうをふくめる, senmyouwofukumeru] (exp, v1) (arch) to make someone understand their fate; to reason with; to persuade; to deliver an imperial edict (which cannot be refused)
[ちゅうもんふか, chuumonfuka] (adj-na) cannot be taken (order)
[えない, enai] (suf, adj-i) (See 得る・える) (after the -masu stem of a verb) unable to...; cannot ...
[とっくり;とくり, tokkuri ; tokuri] (n) (1) sake bottle; tall and slender bottle with a narrow mouth made from ceramic, metal or glass that can be used for sake, shoyu or rice vinegar; (2) turtleneck (sweater); (3) someone who cannot swim