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JLPT N2 Grammar

てならない

N2Emotion

N2 · Emotion · te-form verb / i-adjectiveくて / na-adjectiveで + ならない

extremely; cannot help feeling

te-form verb / i-adjectiveくて / na-adjectiveで + ならない

Shows that a feeling or sensation naturally arises strongly and cannot be suppressed.

Common with mental states such as worry, regret, longing, and curiosity.

卒業した友人たちのことが思い出されてならない。

I cannot help remembering my friends who graduated.

Do not use it for ordinary actions under the speaker's control; it emphasizes a naturally arising feeling.

The feeling comes up by itself and cannot be held down.

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