N1Pattern 38

〜てやまない

Formula:

V-て

Examples & key points

ご成功(せいこう)を祈(いの)ってやみません。

Goseikō o inotte yamimasen.

I wish you every success from the heart.

てやまない is a feeling that never stops, joining 祈る, 願う, 愛する and their kind

故郷(こきょう)を愛(あい)してやまない人(ひと)でした。

Furusato o aishite yamanai hito deshita.

He was a man who loved his hometown without end.

The verb must be a lasting sentiment, not an action

挨拶(あいさつ)状(じょう)と弔辞(ちょうじ)に現(あらわ)れます。

Aisatsujō to chōji ni arawaremasu.

It appears in greetings cards and eulogies.

You will scarcely hear it in conversation

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