TAKOBOTO

Vm, ~ difficult to
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そのけしきのうつくしさはひつぜつにつくしがたい。

The beauty of the scenery is hard to describe

おさえがたいしょうどう

An un controllable urge.

じんせいにはおうおうにしてそっけつしがたいことがらにでくわすことがあります。

In one's life, there are occasionally situations where it is difficult to make on-the-spot decisions.

このしょうぶはしろくろつけがたい。

It's hard to decide who the winner of this match is.

かのじょは，とてもえらくなってしまって、ちかよりがたい。

She's become difficult to approach since being promoted to her new high position.

かれがたからくじでおくえんあてたなんて、すぐにはしんじがたいはなしだ。

He won Y100,000,000 in the lottery? I find it hard to believe such a story.

これはせいかいではないが、まちがっているともいいがたい。

This isn't the right answer, but I can't say it's a mistake either.

にほんにきていろいろとえがたいけいけんをした。

Since I've come to Japan, I've had a lot of valuable experiences (hard to get experiences).

あんなきのよわそうなひとがひとごろし”なんてしんじがたい。

I can't believe such a timid person could be a murderer.

おやがこを、わかものがろうじんをぎゃくたいするようなはんざいはゆるしがたい。

Parents who abuse children or young people who abuse the elderly, those types of crimes I/we can't forgive (excuse).

かのじょが１とうをとったなんてしんじがたい。

It is incredible that she should have won the first prize.

それはせつめいしがたい。

It's hard to explain.

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

brazenxvirtue

First example : Lit. "The beauty of the scenery is hard to express completely."

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?

Exrulez

By definition, 難い means "difficult" so that it is associated with things that has problems to begin with.

bamboo4

Kanji 難い

Amatuka

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)?

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.

anon

Formed from Verb -masu base + gatai
Vm - Verb -masu base

Amatuka

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

Arma

The word pattern "...し難い" can produce many examples.

bamboo4

See also "nikui"?

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.

angelitosh2004

とても愛していても、表現しがたい。

Yin Thu