敵わない

Meaning

1. adj-i
   no match for; cannot compete with; not in the same league as; powerless against
2. adj-i
   cannot stand; cannot bear; cannot put up with; unbearable; intolerable
3. adj-i
   unable to do; cannot do; impossible

Example sentences

• スポーツという事になると彼女には敵わない。

  When it comes to sports, I can't beat her.

• 日本でのツイッター人気の理由の一つは日本語という言語の特性にある。表意文字を使う日本語は、中国語には敵わないものの、他の多くの言語に比べて140字に多くの内容を盛り込むことができる。ちなみにこの例文の日本語版はちょうど140字で書かれているのだが、他の言語では何字になるだろうか？

  One of the reasons Twitter is popular in Japan is a characteristic of Japanese itself: Japanese uses ideograms which enable it to convey more information in just 140 characters than other languages, not counting Chinese. Incidentally, the Japanese version of this sentence is written with exactly 140 characters. How many characters does it take in other languages?