を禁じ得ない
(O kinji e nai)
cannot suppress (an emotion) / can't help feeling.
Connection rules
- ＋Noun (emotion) + を禁じ得ない.
- ＋Very formal / literary — expresses overwhelming, uncontrollable emotion.
- ＋Common emotion nouns: 怒り, 涙, 驚き, 同情, 失望.
Examples
1.
その話を聞いて、涙を禁じ得なかった。
Sono hanashi o kii te, namida o kinji e naka ta.
Hearing the story, I couldn't hold back my tears.
「cannot suppress (an emotion) / can't help feeling」
2.
彼の態度に、怒りを禁じ得ない。
Kare no taido ni, ikari o kinji e nai.
I cannot suppress my anger at his attitude.
「cannot suppress (an emotion) / can't help feeling」