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〜てならない: can't help feeling

N2 · 10 Emphasis and attitude

Says a feeling keeps coming up naturally and you cannot stop it.

Te-form + ならない, mainly with verbs of feeling or thought like 気になる, 思われる, 心配だ. More literary than 〜てたまらない and rarely used for physical sensations. Only for the speaker's feelings.

Examples

将来しょうらいのことが心配しんぱいでならない。

I cannot help worrying about the future.

あの時ときのことが悔くやまれてならない。

I cannot help regretting what happened then.

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