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Learn JLPT N3 Grammar: がたい (gatai)
Meaning: very difficult to; hard to ~
How to use: Verb ます (stem form) + がたい
Example sentences:
1. 彼の話は信じがたい内容でした。
kare no hanashi wa shinji gatai naiyou deshita.
His story’s contents were impossible to believe.
2. 子どもに対する犯罪は許しがたい。
kodomo ni tai suru hanzai wa yurushi gatai.
Crimes against children are unforgivable.
3. 彼や奥さんにとって、まことに耐えがたい出来事だった。
He and his wife thought they couldn’t endure that loss.
kare ya okusan ni totte, makoto ni tae gatai dekigoto datta.
4. 彼の声音には、なんとも判別しがたい感情がこめられていた。
kare no kowane ni wa, nan tomo hanbetsu shi gatai kanjou ga komerarete ita.
There was an emotion in his voice that was rather hard to classify.
5. 信じがたい事かもしれませんが、彼女できました！
shinji gatai koto kamo shiremasen ga, kanojo dekimashita.
This may be hard to believe, but I got a girlfriend!
