Hard to do A (almost impossible to A)
24
あなたの言うことは信じがたい。
It is difficult to believe what you say.
18
この騒音は耐え難い。
This noise is hard to bear.
7
離任式の日は、生徒達と離れがたい気持ちで一杯だった。
It's very hard for me to leave the students today, at the departure ceremony (for leaving teachers).
7
君の考え方は理解しがたい。
It's hard to understand your way of thinking.
Getting the sentences
Construction
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Basic Examples:
信じがたい (hard to believe)
Related Expressions
にくい
やすい
やすい
Where this grammar is found
Grammar usage notes
I was told by a Japanese teacher that using がたい indicates that something is logically impossible. がたい is not used with all verbs. When it is added to a verb stem the result is an adjective. For example:
得がたい (difficult to obtain, rare)
動かしがたい (immovable)
許しがたい (unforgivable)
耐え難い (unbearable)
止みがたい (irresistible)
忘れがたい (unforgettable)
得がたい (difficult to obtain, rare)
動かしがたい (immovable)
許しがたい (unforgivable)
耐え難い (unbearable)
止みがたい (irresistible)
忘れがたい (unforgettable)
Usually used only in written language or formal speech
Used only with verbs that require an agent (unlike ～にくい)
Used only with verbs that require an agent (unlike ～にくい)
We encountered 捨てがたい in our textbook. The teacher said that it meant hard to throw away emotionally.
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