にたえる/にたえない
にたえる/にたえない
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11.06.2025
Meaning
Too awful, pitiful or poor to bear to see/hear/read; not worth doing (VDict + にたえない, mainly 見[み]る・聞[き]く・読[よ]む).
Cannot help feeling A; A is overwhelming (N + にたえない, formal, with emotion nouns).
Worth doing A, or able to withstand A (にたえる).
Conjugation
(A)VDict + にたえない: (A)N (感謝・感激・同情・遺憾 etc.) + にたえない
Examples
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小さな女の子が一人で泣いている姿は、見るに堪えなかった。
彼の言い訳は、聞くに堪えないものだった。
田中さんのレポートは間違いだらけで、読むに堪えない。
皆様の温かいご支援には、感謝に堪えません。
この作品は百年たった今でも、十分鑑賞に堪える。
このリュックは丈夫で、長期の使用に耐える。
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grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 勉強するときに騒音に堪えない。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 勉強するときに騒音に耐えられない。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: にたえない is not used to say you personally can't tolerate ordinary things like noise. Use the potential form 耐えられない or がまんできない.
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: あの顔は醜すぎて耐えない。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: あの姿は見るに堪えない。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: To express that something is too unpleasant or distressing to look at, use Vる + にたえない with a verb such as 見る. The original sentence does not use this pattern, and 「醜すぎて耐えない」 is unnatural in the intended sense. Note that 耐えない itself is grammatical in other constructions, such as 批判に耐えない.
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 見るに堪えられない / 感謝に堪えます
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 見るに堪えない / 感謝に堪えません
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: Use the plain form 堪えない/堪えません, not the potential 堪えられない or a positive 堪えます. 堪えます is only possible in the にたえる meaning, such as 鑑賞に堪える.
Key points
Formal, written style. Vる + にたえない is most commonly used with verbs of perception like 見る/聞く/読む, but can also occur with other verbs, such as 言う and 想像する. It expresses that something is too awful, unpleasant or distressing to see, hear, read or contemplate. With emotion nouns such as 感謝, 感激, 同情 and 遺憾, it appears in speeches and letters, usually as 〜にたえません.
The positive にたえる means 'worth doing' (鑑賞にたえる) or 'withstand' (使用にたえる). It is written 堪/耐 or in kana. For ordinary tolerance of noise, pain or heat, use 耐えられない or がまんできない, not にたえない.
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