# Can't help; doesn't matter

## Can't help

### ずにはいられない

Means "can't help but do something".
Made with a verb in the negative form (ない) without the ない ending and adding ずにはいられない. 

> [!info] Example
> {悲|かな}しいのでアイスクリーム食べ==ずには入れれない==。
> I'm sad so I can't help but eat ice cream.

### てしょうがない・てしかたがない

Means can't be helped".
See [[Amounts - quantification#てしょうがない・てしかたがない]].

## Doesn't matter

### ても構わない

<div class="usage">
<div class="left">
	<p><span class="box">V (て)</span></p>
	<p><span class="box">い-Adj <strike>い</strike> くて</span></p>
	<p><span class="box">な-Adj + で</span></p>
	<p><span class="box">N + で</span></p>
</div>
	<p class="right">+ もかまわない・もかまいません</p>
</div>

Means "it doesn't matter if", "I don't mind".

> [!info] Example
> ここで{座|すわ}==っても構いません==か。
> Would it be okay if I sit here?
> 
> ==かまわない==よ。
> I don't mind.