～かねる JLPT N2

Formation

Verb-ます stem + かねる

Explanation

The ～かねる grammar point is used to express that someone cannot do an action or that something is impossible to do. It typically has a nuance of reluctance or polite refusal and is formed by adding かねる to the ます-stem of the verb.

Example sentences

• その問題は難しいので、私には解決しかねます。

  Since that problem is difficult, I cannot solve it.

  Sono mondai wa muzukashii no de, watashi ni wa kaiketsu shi-kanemasu.

• 彼の言っていることが真実かどうか判断しかねます。

  I cannot judge whether what he is saying is true or not.

  Kare no itte iru koto ga shinjitsu ka dō ka handan shi-kanemasu.

• 彼女が来るかどうか今すぐには分かりかねます。

  I cannot immediately know whether she will come or not.

  Kanojo ga kuru ka dō ka ima sugu ni wa wakari-kanemasu.

• 詳しい内容については説明しかねます。

  I cannot explain the details.

  Kuwashii naiyō ni tsuite wa setsumei shi-kanemasu.