がたい (gatai)

Meaning & usage

がたい attaches to the masu-stem of a verb and means the action is very hard to do or accept. It appears in written, formal contexts, as in 得がたい and 理解しがたい.

Example sentences 8

1. 非常ひじょうにたくさんの人ひとが失業しつぎょうしているので仕事しごとは得えがたい。

   Jobs are hard to come by with so many people out of work.

2. いまどき良い仕事はなかなか得がたいのを忘れないでね。

   Don't forget that good jobs are very hard to come by these days.

3. 妻の死という現実は私にとって受け入れがたいものであった。

   I could not accept that my wife was really dead.

4. 彼女は理解しがたいように思える問題に直面した。

   She confronted the problem, which seemed hard to understand.

5. それは明らかに、満足すべきものとは言いがたい。

   That is decidedly short of satisfactory.

6. 気にいったものはなかなか手放しがたいものだ。

   It's not easy to part with one's favorite possessions.

7. みんなから近寄りがたいってよく言われます。

   I'm often told that I'm hard to approach.

8. あなたの言うことは信じがたい。

   It is difficult to believe what you say.