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がたい (gatai)

    Meaning: Vm, ‾ difficult to
    Example: hard to understand

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  Notes:  
Implies that something is so difficult that it can't be done. For something that's just really difficult to do it's better to use 〜にくい or 〜づらい.

Also, the verbs it's used as a pair with are pretty limited. Here are a few more:
賛成しがたい, but 反対しがたい you absolutely can't say.
表現しがたい
考えがたい
動かしがたい事実
受け入れがたい


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• その景色の美しさは筆舌に尽くしがたい。   [ex #219]
The beauty of the scenery is hard to describe

• 抑え難い衝動   [ex #3158]
An un controllable urge.

• 人生にはおうおうにして即決し難い事柄に出くわすことがあります。   [ex #3162]
In one's life, there are occasionally situations where it is difficult to make on-the-spot decisions.

• この勝負は白黒つけがたい。   [ex #6022]
It's hard to decide who the winner of this match is.

• 彼女は，とてもえらくなってしまって、近寄りがたい。   [ex #6023]
She's become diffiult to approach since being promoted to her new high position.

• 彼が宝くじで1億円当てたなんて、すぐには信じがたい話だ。   [ex #6024]
He won Y100,000,000 in the lottery? I find it hard to believe such a story.

• これは正解ではないが、間違っているとも言いがたい。   [ex #6913]
This isn't the right answer, but I can't say it's a mistake either.

• 日本に来て色々と得がたい経験をした。   [ex #6914]
Since I've come to Japan, I've had a lot of valuable experiences (hard to get experiences).

• あんな気の弱そうな人が　"人殺し”なんて信じがたい。   [ex #6915]
I can't believe such a timid person could be a murderer.

• 親が子を、若者が老人を虐待するような犯罪は許しがたい。   [ex #6916]
Parents who abuse children or young people who abuse the elderly, those types of crimes I/we can't forgive (excuse).

• 彼女が１等をとったなんて信じがたい。   [ex #8167]
It is incredible that she should have won the first prize.

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• First example : Lit. "The beauty of the scenery is hard to express completely." (contributor: Amatuka)
  
• Kanji 難い (contributor: Amatuka)
  
• Formed from Verb -masu base + gatai
  Vm - Verb -masu base (contributor: Amatuka)
  
• I've noticed that the verbs that tend to use GATAI　are pretty scarce so is there a time when this grammar point should be used or can it be used for anything without any problems? (contributor: Exrulez)
  
• By definition, 難い means "difficult" so that it is associated with things that has problems to begin with.
  (contributor: bamboo4)
  
• Would something like　「今夜早く暗くなって道が見難い」be something you say or write (or be quite possibly neither)? (contributor: Leslie)
  
• First of all, 見難い is read as minikui here. This is used in conversation and writing. But in writing, 今夜は is better in this sentence.
  If you meant "something-gagai", we use it in both cases as well but the sentence sounds rather formal in speaking. (contributor: anon)
  
• Common examples:
  
  想像しがたい
  許しがたい
  耐えがたい
  得がたい
  信じがたい
  表しがたい
  (contributor: Arma)
  
• The word pattern "...し難い" can produce many examples.
  (contributor: bamboo4)
  
• See also "nikui"? (contributor: theWonderer)
  
• 〜がたい suggests that s.th. is extremely difficult or nearly impossible to do. It is often used with words such as shinjiru (to believe), taeru (to endure),rikaisuru (to understand), eru (to obtain), suteru (to discard), and hanareru (to be seperated from), and refers to mental activity instead of actual deeds. For example, sutegatai implies that one finds it difficult to part with a memory or s.th. one is attached to. (contributor: angelitosh2004)
  
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