JLPT N1

verb-ru to kiri ga nai

Used to indicate that something can go on endlessly or without limits.

Formation

Explanation

The ~るときりがない grammar point is used to express that once you start doing the verb, there’s no end or limit. The phrase 'きりがない' means 'no end' or 'endless.'

Example sentences

  • If we start talking about his faults, there's no end.

    Kare no waruguchi o iu to kiri ga nai.

  • If you start thinking about that problem, there's no end.

    Sono mondai o kangaeru to kiri ga nai.

  • If you start listing her virtues, there would be no end.

    Kanojo no biten o ageru to kiri ga nai.

  • If you start eating all the delicious things in this world, there's no end.

    Kono yo de oishii mono o taberu to kiri ga nai.