[かねる, kaneru] (aux-v) (1) (See 兼ねない) to be unable to (usu. kana); to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do (usu. kana); (v1, vt) (2) to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; (3) to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside; (4) to hesitate to do something (out of consideration for others); (5) to think of the future (as well as the present); (P) #17407
[しかねる, shikaneru] (v1) (uk) (See 仕兼ねない) to be reluctant to do; to hesitate to do; to refuse to do; to be unable to do
[keiwai] (exp) (from KY, the first letters of the romaji) (See 空気読めない) to be unable to read the situation; to be unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation (e.g. A and B are complaining about C, and D joins the conversation praising C)
[おくばにものがはさまる, okubanimonogahasamaru] (exp, v5r) to talk around something (exp. derived from having something stuck in your back teeth and thus be unable to speak clearly); to imply something in a roundabout way
[たえかねる, taekaneru] (v1, vi) to be unable to endure; to be unable to stand (something); to lose patience
[たまりかねる, tamarikaneru] (v1, vi) to be unable to bear (something) any longer; to be unable to put up with (something) any longer
[かんにんぶくろのおがきれる, kanninbukuronoogakireru] (exp, v1) to be out of patience; to be unable to put up with something anymore
[わずらう, wazurau] (v5u, vi) (1) (esp. 患う) to be ill; to suffer from; (2) (esp. 煩う) to worry about; to be concerned about; (suf, v5u) (3) (esp. 煩う, after the -masu stem of a verb) to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...; (P)
[めがさえる, megasaeru] (exp, v1) to be wide-awake; to be wakeful; to be unable to sleep
[くうきをよめない, kuukiwoyomenai] (exp) (See 空気を読む) to be unable to read the situation; to be unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation (e.g. A and B are complaining about C, and D joins the conversation praising C)
[くうきよめない, kuukiyomenai] (exp) (See 空気を読む) to be unable to read the situation; to be unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation (e.g. A and B are complaining about C, and D joins the conversation praising C)
[みかねる, mikaneru] (v1, vt) to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
[こしをぬかす, koshiwonukasu] (exp, v5s) (1) (See 腰抜かす) to dislocate one's back; (2) to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
[こしぬかす, koshinukasu] (v5s) (1) (See 腰を抜かす) to dislocate one's back; (2) to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise; to lose one's legs
[おもいまよう, omoimayou] (v5u) to be unable to make up one's mind; to be undecided
[いきがきれる, ikigakireru] (exp, v1) (1) to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to lose one's breath; (2) to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to collapse; (3) to die
[あしがすくむ, ashigasukumu] (exp, v5m) to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
[あたまがあがらない, atamagaagaranai] (exp) to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
[きによってうおをもとむ, kiniyotteuowomotomu] (exp) (id) (variant of 木に縁りて...) (See 木に縁りて魚を求む・きによりてうおをもとむ) to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; to look for fish by climbing a tree (Mencius)
[きによりてうおをもとむ, kiniyoriteuowomotomu] (exp) (id) to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; to look for fish by climbing a tree (Mencius)
[たちすくむ, tachisukumu] (v5m, vi) to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)