がたい

難い
(suff) hard to ...

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―がたい【―難い】

〔しにくい， できない， 難しい， 困難な， 不可能な〕

¶筆舌に尽し～

beyond description ［words］

¶受け入れ～

be hard to take

¶彼女が1等をとったなんて信じ～

It is incredible that she should have won first prize.

¶いかんともし～困難

an impenetrable difficulty

¶走り出したいと思う抑え～衝動に駆られる

feel an irresistible impulse to run

¶止め～老いの歩み

the inexorable process of aging

¶耐え～痛み

intolerable pain

¶理解し～意味

an obscure meaning

¶耐え～悲しみ

a sore grief

¶近づき～

keep state 威厳を保つ

¶予測し～こと

anybody's ［anyone's］ guess 《略式》(推測できても)断定できないこと.

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-がたい【-難い】

hard [difficult] 《to do》.

●実行しがたい案 a hard plan to put into practice; a plan (that is) hard to put into practice

・名状しがたい indescribable; undefinable.

●情欲は制しがたい. Passions are hard to control. | It is hard to control our passions.

・かかる行為は許しがたい. Such conduct is hardly excusable.