Topic N1
Japanese Learning
40. に堪えない : Cannot bear to... / Not worth... / Deeply....
✏️Structure
V-ru / N + に堪えない💡Usage
1. Cannot withstand a strong emotion. 2. Not worth watching/listening to because it's so bad.
📚Examples
見るに堪えない惨状だった。
Miru ni taenai sanjou datta.
It was a disastrous scene that I couldn't bear to watch.
彼のスピーチは聞くに堪えないものだった。
Kare no supiichi wa kiku ni taenai mono datta.
His speech was so bad that it wasn't worth listening to.
この映画は、残酷なシーンが多くて見るに堪えない。
Kono eiga wa, zankoku na shiin ga ookute miru ni taenai.
This movie has so many cruel scenes that I can't bear to watch it.
感謝の念に堪えません。
Kansha no nen ni taemasen.
I am deeply grateful.
あのような侮辱は忍び難く、聞くに堪えない。
Ano you na bujoku wa shinobigataku, kiku ni taenai.
That kind of insult is unbearable and not worth listening to.
喜びに堪えない様子で報告してくれた。
Yorokobi ni taenai yousu de houkoku shite kureta.
He gave me the report looking overjoyed.
この小説は内容が幼稚すぎて、大人の読解に堪えない。
Kono shousetsu wa naiyou ga youchi sugite, otona no dokkai ni taenai.
This novel is too juvenile; it's not worth an adult's reading.
同情の念に堪えない。
Doujou no nen ni taenai.
I can't help but feel deep sympathy.
あまりの下手さに、聞くに堪えない演奏だ。
Amari no hetasa ni, kiku ni taenai ensou da.
Because it's so poorly played, the performance is not worth listening to.
悔しさに堪えない思いでいっぱいだ。
Kuyashisa ni taenai omoi de ippai da.
I am filled with uncontrollable frustration.