Topic N2
Japanese Learning
53. かなわない : Can't stand / Unbearable.
✏️Structure
A-te / V-te + (は)かなわない💡Usage
Expresses that something is unpleasant and troublesome to the extent that one cannot stand it.
📚Examples
隣の工事の音がうるさくてかなわない。
Tonari no kouji no oto ga urusakute kanawanai.
I can't stand the noise from the construction next door.
こんなに暑くてはかなわない。
Konna ni atsukute wa kanawanai.
I can't stand this heat.
毎日残業させられてはかなわない。
Mainichi zangyou saserarete wa kanawanai.
I can't stand being made to work overtime every day.
いちいち文句を言われてはかなわない。
Ichiichi monku wo iwarete wa kanawanai.
I can't stand being complained to about every little thing.
彼の自慢話を聞かされてはかなわない。
Kare no jimanbanashi wo kikasarete wa kanawanai.
I can't stand being made to listen to his bragging.
お腹が空いてかなわない。
Onaka ga suite kanawanai.
I'm starving to death (can't stand the hunger).
寒くてかなわない。
Samukute kanawanai.
It's unbearably cold.
肩が凝ってかなわない。
Kata ga kotte kanawanai.
My stiff shoulders are killing me.
待たされてばかりじゃかなわない。
Matasarete bakari ja kanawanai.
I can't stand being kept waiting all the time.
この部屋は狭くてかなわない。
Kono heya wa semakute kanawanai.
This room is unbearably small.