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wakenihaikanai
expression

Alternate Written Forms:

[わけ()······]
wakenihaikanai
[わけには()···]
wakenihaikanai
[わけ()···()···]
wakenihaikanai

Root Words:

wake + ni + ha + ikanai

English Meaning(s) for わけにはいかない

expression
  1. cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

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Sample Sentences for わけにはいかない

I promised to go to the party with Jane, and I can't let her down.
Nobles do not exist merely because there is a peerage system. Even if there were no peerage system, there will be people who are naturally dominant and who will quickly rise to nobility. So much for our nobility then. Why, we are mere peasants.
You cannot eat your cake and have it too.
We can't really throw it away!
I cannot answer your request offhand.

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