GRAMMAR
〜にたえない ②
cannot help feeling
Explanation
NOTE
〜にたえない means cannot help feeling — a deep emotion overflows and cannot be held back.
ご支援に感謝にたえない。
I cannot help feeling grateful for your support.
NOTE
It is formal and used in speeches. It pairs only with emotion noun words like 感謝, 感激, or 喜び.
受賞できて感激にたえない。
I cannot help feeling deeply moved to have won the award.
Unlike sense ①, this sense attaches to a noun and expresses an overwhelming positive emotion.
NOTE
Attach にたえない to an emotion noun to say the speaker is overcome by that feeling.
STRUCTURE
N辞
にたえない皆さまの応援に感謝にたえない。
Minasama no ouen ni kansha ni taenai.
I cannot help feeling grateful for everyone's support.
夢がかなって喜びにたえない。
Yume ga kanatte yorokobi ni taenai.
I cannot help feeling overjoyed that my dream came true.
温かいお言葉に感激にたえない。
Atatakai o-kotoba ni kangeki ni taenai.
I cannot help feeling moved by your kind words.
その話は、聞いていて悲しみにたえない。
Sono hanashi wa, kiite ite kanashimi ni taenai.
I cannot help but feel sad listening to that story.
この光景は、見ていて驚きにたえない。
Kono koukei wa, mite ite odoroki ni taenai.
I cannot help but feel amazed looking at this sight.
あの人の態度には、怒りにたえない。
Ano hito no taido ni wa, ikari ni taenai.
I cannot help but feel angry at that person's attitude.
Practice exercises
1
皆さまのご厚意に感謝にたえない。
I cannot help feeling grateful for everyone's kindness.
Answer
にたえない
2
合格できて喜びにたえない。
I cannot help feeling joyful that I passed.
Answer
にたえない
3
温かい歓迎に感激にたえない。
I cannot help feeling moved by the warm welcome.
Answer
にたえない
4
多大なるご支援をいただき、感激にたえない。
Having received such immense support, I cannot help feeling deeply moved.
Answer
にたえない
5
彼女の献身を知り、感激にたえない。
Learning of her devotion, I cannot help feeling deeply moved.
Answer
にたえない
6
皆さまの温かいご支援には、感謝にたえない。
For everyone's warm support, I cannot help feeling grateful.
Answer
にたえない
7
受賞の知らせを受け、感謝にたえない。
On receiving news of the award, I cannot help feeling grateful.
Answer
にたえない
8
夢がかなって、喜びにたえない。
Now that my dream has come true, I cannot help feeling overjoyed.
Answer
にたえない