JLPT Taisaku 71#を禁じ得ない／をきんじえない

を禁じ得ない／をきんじえない

Meaning：cannot hold; cannot hold back; cannot keep back; cannot help-ing; cannot keep - from - ing

Examples:

このような無責任な行いに対して怒りを禁じえない。

I cannot hold back my anger at such an irresponsible deed.

その感動的な光景を見て、涙がこみ上げてくるのを禁じ得なかった。

Seeing the moving scene, I could not keep my tears from welling up.

24年の苦悩と空白の後、ついに実現した家族との再会に、周囲の者も涙を禁じえなかった。

(Seeing) the family reunited, an occasion that finally became reality after twenty-four years of agony and separation, people around them couldn't help but cry too.

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