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〜てやまない: never stop (wishing)

N1 · 09 Emphasis and feeling

Says a feeling or wish continues strongly without stopping.

Verb te-form + やまない. Used with feeling verbs: 願う, 信じる, 愛する, 期待する, 尊敬する. Formal, mostly about the speaker's own feeling. Do not use it with ordinary action verbs.

Examples

皆様みなさまのご健康けんこうとご活躍かつやくを願ねがってやみません。

I never stop wishing for your good health and success.

彼女かのじょは今いまでも故郷こきょうを愛あいしてやまない。

She still loves her hometown dearly.

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