得る

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得る (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana える, romaji eru)

  1. get, acquire, gain, obtain, win, catch
  2. be able to, can
  3. (in the form ざるを得ない following the imperfective form of a verb) cannot help but doing, cannot but do

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得る (hiragana うる, romaji uru)

  1. to obtain (benefit)
  2. be able to, -able
    出来得る限り吾輩を入れてくれた主人の傍にいる事をつとめた。
    できうるかぎりわがはいをいれてくれたしゅじんのそばにいることをつとめた。
    deki-uru kagiri wagahai o irete kureta shujin no soba ni iru koto o tsutometa.
    I tried to be at the side of the master who let me in as much as possible.

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