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N1 レッスン 10: 6/22

それまでだ

If… then it is all in vain, It's done, It is useless, No point, It is a waste, That's it, It is all gone,

使い方・接続

Verb [たら] + それまでだ
Verb [ば] + それまでだ

詳細

  • 使用域

    Standard

  • 使用域

    一般

あまり見かけない漢字

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「それまでだ」の情報

ばそれまでだ is a hypothetical expression used when one wishes to indicate that ‘if (A) is reached, that’s as far as it will go’. This usually indicates that everything up to that point will unfortunately go to waste. Standard translations include ‘if (A), then it’s all been in vain’, ‘if (A), then all is a waste’, or ‘if (A), then there’s no point.
Although verbs combining with the conjunction particle ば is the standard form of this grammar structure. The conjunction particle たら may also occasionally be used.
  • このことが外部(がいぶ)に漏(も)れればそれまでだ。
    If this information gets leaked, then it’s all in vain.
  • やっとここまでたどり着(つ)いた。ここでミスを犯(おか)せばそれまでだ。
    We finally got to this point. If we make a mistake then it’s all in vain.
  • もう少(すこ)し我慢(がまん)をしろ!ここで見(み)つかったらそれまでだ。
    Have a little more patience! If they find you here, that's it.
  • 彼(かれ)らに訴(うった)えられたらそれまでだ。
    If they sue us, that's it.
Frequently this grammar structure will be seen in sentences that include ても or でも in the first half, with ばそれまでだ coming closer to the end. This indicates that ‘even if (A), if also (B), then there’s no point’.
Caution
と言(い)われればそれまでだ is a set expression that means ‘while it is true that (A), (B)’, or ‘although certainly (A), (B)’. It is often used for politely expressing one’s personal opinion in relation to something. This phrase literally means ‘if It were to be said that it was (A), then that’s all there is to it, but (B)’.
  • 不可能(ふかのう)だと言(い)われればそれまでだ。せめて一回(いっかい)でもいいから試(ため)してみよう。
    If you say it's impossible, that's the end of the story. Let’s at least give it a try, even if it's just once.

例文

  • A：「毎日(まいにち)毎日(まいにち)勉強(べんきょう)していてとても疲(つか)れてるんだ。。大学(だいがく)を中退(ちゅうたい)したい。。。」
    B：「でも、もう３年生(ねんせい)だよ！あきらめてしまったらそれまでだよ。」

    A: 'I'm studying every single day, I am so tired. I want to drop out of college...'
    B: 'But you're already in your third year! If you give up then it's all in vain.'

  • どんなに大(おお)きな家(いえ)でも、誰(だれ)も住(す)まなければそれまでだ。

    No matter how big the house is, if no one lives there then it's all in vain.

  • この内定(ないてい)を受諾(じゅだく)することに興味(きょうみ)がないだけと言(い)えばそれまでだが、もういちどよく考(かんが)えて決(き)めたほうがいいだろうな。こんなチャンスは二度(にど)とないよ。

    If you say that you are not interested in accepting this offer then there is no point (in discussing further), but I think you'd better think it over once again and then decide. You won't get a second chance like this.

    Aと言えばそれまでだ が or けど+B is a set phrase meaning 'if one says A then it is the end of the matter or discussion (and nothing can be done about it), but B' and is used when the speaker admits that they can't do anything about or cannot argue about someone's intention or conclusion (A), but still, challenges it with their own, opposing opinion (B).

  • ダイエットしている友達(ともだち)へ：「頑張(がんば)って運動(うんどう)しても毎日(まいにち)食(た)べ過(す)ぎたらそれまでだよ。」

    To a friend who is dieting: 'Even if you do your best exercising, if you eat too much every day then it's all in vain.'

  • スパイ映画(えいが)：「敵(てき)に発見(はっけん)されたらそれまでだ。」

    Spy movie: 'If we are discovered then it's all in vain.'

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