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〜にかたくない

JLPT N1

Pattern

Explanation

Used to express that, judging from the situation, it is not difficult to imagine, infer, or understand something even without seeing it directly.

Usage

It attaches to a limited set of expressions involving mental activity, such as imagining, inferring, or understanding. It is used in formal written style.

Formation

Attach にかたくない to nouns or to the dictionary form of certain limited verbs such as 想像する, 察する, and 理解する.

Examples

完成した作品を見れば、彼女がこれまで重ねてきた苦労は想像にかたくない

かんせいしたさくひんをみれば、かのじょがこれまでかさねてきたくろうはそうぞうにかたくない。

If you look at the finished work, it is not hard to imagine the hardships she has gone through up to now.

伴侶を亡くした彼の悲痛な思いは察するにかたくない

はんりょをなくしたかれのひつうなおもいはさっするにかたくない。

It is not difficult to infer the depth of grief he feels after losing his spouse.

周囲の事情を考えると、今回の決断に至った部長の胸中も理解するにかたくない

しゅういのじじょうをかんがえると、こんかいのけつだんにいたったぶちょうのきょうちゅうもりかいするにかたくない。

Considering the surrounding circumstances, it is not difficult to understand what the department manager must have felt in arriving at this decision.

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