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Japanese Difficulty & Negation
Hard to, no way to, without doing, never. Japanese distinguishes the awkward from the impossible: にくい is fiddly, がたい is barely bearable, ようがない means no method exists. And a set of adverbs — 決して, めったに, 必ずしも — demand a negative verb to complete them.
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がたい | Hard To and Almost Impossible To in Japanese
Hard to; almost impossible to; difficult to bring oneself to
ようがない | There's No Way To in Japanese
There's no way to; it can't be done; nothing can be done
ずに | Without Doing in Japanese
Without doing; instead of doing
決して・めったに・なかなか | Adverbs That Need a Negative in Japanese
Never; rarely; not easily; not particularly
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