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敵わない [ichi1] ； 適わない
【 かなわない [ichi1] 】
1. [adj-i] [uk]
▶ no match for
▶ cannot compete with
▶ not in the same league as
▶ powerless against
2. [adj-i] [uk]
《oft. after an adjective as 〜て(は)かなわない》
▶ cannot stand
▶ cannot bear
▶ cannot put up with
▶ unbearable
▶ intolerable
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2855101 かなんなー 1. I don't like it; it's troublesome; it's too much; it's awful
3. [adj-i] [uk,dated]
▶ unable to do
▶ cannot do
▶ impossible

Conjugations


History:
13. A 2022-10-01 03:12:47  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
I agree. It should be dropped from here.
  Diff: 
@@ -10,4 +9,0 @@
-</k_ele>
-<k_ele>
-<keb>敵はない</keb>
-<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
12. A* 2022-09-30 23:59:52  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
gg5, meikyo
  Comments: 
Is 敵はない really an irregular form of かなわない? I can only find examples where it's used with the regular てきはない meaning.
  Diff: 
@@ -22,0 +23 @@
+<gloss>cannot compete with</gloss>
@@ -28,0 +30,4 @@
+<s_inf>oft. after an adjective as 〜て(は)かなわない</s_inf>
+<gloss>cannot stand</gloss>
+<gloss>cannot bear</gloss>
+<gloss>cannot put up with</gloss>
@@ -30,2 +35 @@
-<gloss>cannot stand</gloss>
-<gloss>cannot put up with</gloss>
+<gloss>intolerable</gloss>
@@ -36 +40,2 @@
-<gloss>unable</gloss>
+<misc>&dated;</misc>
+<gloss>unable to do</gloss>
@@ -38 +43 @@
-<gloss>beyond one's power</gloss>
+<gloss>impossible</gloss>
11. A 2022-09-29 21:44:26  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
10. A* 2022-09-29 17:03:04  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -17,2 +16,0 @@
-<re_restr>敵わない</re_restr>
-<re_restr>適わない</re_restr>
9. A* 2022-09-29 13:06:24  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
敵わない	136554	23.8%
適わない	34220	6.0%
敵はない	1863	0.3%
かなわない	402117	70.0%
  Comments: 
barely needed
  Diff: 
@@ -13 +13 @@
-<ke_inf>&io;</ke_inf>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -20,4 +19,0 @@
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
-<reb>かなはない</reb>
-<re_restr>敵はない</re_restr>
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