使い方・接続
Verb［て］+ ならない
［い］Adjective［て］+ ならない
［な］Adjective + で + ならない
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あまり見かけない漢字
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「てならない」の情報
てならない is a construction made up of the て-form of a verb or adjective (で for な-Adjectives), and the negated form of the う-Verb なる, 'to become'. This expression describes the word that is attached to it as being 'extremely (A)', or that one 'can't help but do (A)'.
In most cases, てならない will be used when (A) is something that occurs naturally, such as feelings. Due to this, a more literal translation is close to 'to not be able to move on from (A)'. In this way, it just indicates that (A) is so intense that the person affected by it cannot do anything about it.
In most cases, てならない will be used when (A) is something that occurs naturally, such as feelings. Due to this, a more literal translation is close to 'to not be able to move on from (A)'. In this way, it just indicates that (A) is so intense that the person affected by it cannot do anything about it.
- 昨日は徹夜して勉強してたから、眠くてならない。I was up all night studying yesterday, so I'm extremely sleepy.
- 愛知県の夏は暑くてならない。Summer in Aichi prefecture is extremely hot.
- ここ５年間娘と連絡がつかないから、心配でならない。I can't help but to feel worried because I haven't heard from my daughter in 5 years.
Caution - In addition to being spontaneous and uncontrollable, (A) will almost always be something that is ongoing, rather than just being momentary.
- 彼女はいつも僕に嘘をつくからむかついてならない。I can't help but be extremely mad at her because she lies to me all the time. (Continuing feeling, natural Japanese)
- この漫画はつまらなくてならない。This manga is extremely boring. (Momentary feeling, unnatural Japanese)
同義語
ざるを得ない
Can't help doing, Have no choice but
未学習
ないわけにはいかない
Can't not, No way to avoid
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てたまらない
Can't help but want to, Very, Extremely
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てしょうがない
Extremely, Very, Really, It can't be helped
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ことに
Extremely, Especially, To my ...
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ずにはいられない
Cannot help doing something, Cannot resist doing something
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Adj限りだ
Extremely, Really, Very, As ... as one can be
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例文
詐欺にあった気がしてならない。
I can't help but feel it was a scam.
日本に来てから、家族に会えず、寂しくてならない。
Since coming to Japan, I haven't been able to see my family and can't help but feel lonely.
今週末の同窓会に行けないので、残念でならない。
Since I can't go to my class reunion this weekend I can't help but feel disappointed.
あんなコレクションは無駄に思えてならない。
I cannot help but think that that collection is worthless.
サイレンが鳴り止まないから、心配でならない。
I am extremely worried because that siren won't stop ringing.
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「てならない」に関する文法ディスカッション
最近の返信 (合計10件)
simias
I’m really confused by this point because I don’t really understand the underlying concept of the Japanese construction.
To take one of the examples discussed previously here:
詐欺にあった気がしてならない。
I think that a very literal word-for-word translation would be something like “it can’t become that I feel that it was a fraud” or something like that, but this seems to imply the opposite of what it actually means.
I actually first encountered this point outside of Bunpro in a videogame I was playing, and I had to look it up here because I couldn’t make sense of it even in context since it seemed to say the opposite of what it’s actually saying.
I don’t get where this negative is coming from and how this expression came to mean that.
nekoyama
I don’t think this works as a literal translation, the two parts aren’t linked in this fashion.
simias
Yeah I noticed that dictionaries would have a separate item specifically for this use, but it’s quite funny as a result because it seems like the word says one thing and its opposite:
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