かなわない

    adjective (keiyoushi)
  1. no match forword usually written using kana alone
  2. unbearableword usually written using kana alone
  3. unable; can't do; beyond one's powerword usually written using kana alone
Forms
  • かなわない
  • わない【かなわない】
  • わない【かなわない】
  • はない【かなはない】
  • かなはない
Generated definitions (experimental)
  1. no match for
    2. This usage expresses a feeling of inadequacy or helplessness when compared to someone or something superior.
    I can't compete with him.
    I can't match that kind of talent.
  2. unbearable
    3. This meaning conveys a sense of something being intolerable or extremely difficult to endure.
    This heat is unbearable.
    The argument with him was unbearable.
  3. unable; can't do; beyond one's power
    4. This conveys a limitation regarding one's ability to do something; expressing that a certain task or situation is beyond reach.
    He can't do that job by himself.
    This problem is beyond my power.
Generated collocations (experimental)
unattainable dreamunrequited loveimpossible wishunequal struggleto be troubled by something unattainable
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