Emphasis & Extremes

概要

この章では「Emphasis & Extremes」に関わる日本語の文型をまとめて練習します。ルールを個別に覚えるだけでなく、実際の文の中でどう働くかまでつかめるようにするための章です。

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この章のJapanese Grammar Advanced (14)

1. （と言）ったらない ったらない A phrase used to express an extreme sensation or emotion that defies adequate description. It conveys that something is so intense it can...
2. この上ない このうえない A phrase meaning 'the utmost,' 'supreme,' or 'nothing could surpass this.' It indicates that something has reached the highest possible d...
3. ～のなんのって のなんのって A colloquial phrase used to emphasize that something or someone is in an extreme state. It conveys that the degree is so remarkable the s...
4. ～て仕方がない しかたがない A phrase expressing that an emotion or sensation is so strong that the speaker cannot control or suppress it. It means 'cannot help but f...
5. ～てはいられない てはいられない A phrase meaning 'cannot afford to keep doing' or 'cannot remain in a state.' It expresses urgency — the speaker feels compelled to stop ...
6. ～てばかりはいられない てばかりはいられない A phrase meaning 'cannot just keep doing something' or 'cannot remain only in that state.' It implies the speaker must move beyond the cu...
7. どうにも～ない どうにも A structure meaning 'no matter what one does, it is impossible.' It expresses complete helplessness or the utter impossibility of achievi...
8. とても～ない とても A structure used to emphatically deny the ability or possibility of something. It means 'absolutely cannot' or 'by no means possible.'
9. ～に～ない にない A structure meaning 'cannot manage to do something' or 'unable to bring oneself to do something.' The same verb appears twice — once in t...
10. ～ずにはおかない ずにはおかない A phrase expressing that something necessarily or naturally causes a certain result. It means 'inevitably leads to' or 'cannot help but c...
11. ～ことか ことか An exclamatory sentence-final phrase used primarily in written language to express deep emotion — wonder, admiration, regret, or sorrow —...
12. ～限りだ かぎりだ A phrase indicating the extreme degree of the speaker's emotion. It means 'extremely' or 'to the utmost degree' and is used to express ho...
13. ～ことに ことに A phrase that introduces the speaker's emotion or subjective evaluation before stating the fact that prompted it. It means 'to my [emotio...
14. ～どころではない どころではない A phrase meaning 'it is not the time/situation for' or 'far from being able to.' It indicates that a particular action or state is comple...