noun:

• draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; strainer; sieve
• something full of holes ➜ ざる法【ざるほう】
• zaru soba - abbreviation ➜ ざる蕎麦
• strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish - colloquialism

auxiliary:

• not; un- - literary form of -ない - archaism ➜ ざり

expression / auxiliary:

• must (do, be) - attaches to the imperfective form; from ざり + べし - archaism ➜ なければならない・なくてはならない

expression:

• cannot help (doing); have no choice but to; am compelled to; am obliged to; it is incumbent upon (me) to ➜ ざるを得ない【ざるをえない】

noun:

• Cardiidae; family of bivalve molluscs comprising the cockles

noun:

• zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)

noun:

• Burchard's cockle (Vasticardium burchardi)

expression / auxiliary adjective:

• cannot help (doing); have no choice but to; am compelled to; am obliged to; it is incumbent upon (me) to - after the -nai stem of a verb

expression:

• cannot help (doing); have no choice but to ➜ ざるを得ない

noun:

• law full of loopholes; toothless law