余儀なく|よぎなくyoginaku[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

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Definitions
  1. adverbunavoidably; necessarily; inevitably
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonymやむを得ずやむをえずNeutralNeutral in register; states that an action was taken because circumstances left no alternative. Directly modifies the verb and is common in notices of unavoidable cancellations or changes.

Both mean 'unavoidably'; neutral-register やむを得ず directly modifies a verb, while 余儀なく chiefly occurs in the set patterns 余儀なくされる 'be forced to' and 余儀なくさせる 'force someone to'.

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Japanese definitions
  1. そうしなければならない状態じょうたいになること。避さけることができない。
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