がたい
(Gatai)
hard / difficult to (formal).
Connection rules
- ＋V ます-stem + がたい. Functions as an i-adjective.
- ＋Formal / literary — moral or intellectual difficulty.
- ＋Common fixed forms: 信じがたい ('hard to believe'), 想像しがたい ('hard to imagine'), 許しがたい ('hard to forgive').
Examples
1.
それは信じがたい話だ。
Sore wa shinji gatai hanashi da.
That's a hard-to-believe story.
「hard / difficult to (formal)」
2.
許しがたい行為だ。
Yurushi gatai koui da.
It is an unforgivable act.
「hard / difficult to (formal)」
Practice
What he said is a fact that is hard to believe, but it is true.
彼の言ったことは___事実だが、本当のことだ。
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