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582 wake ni wa ikanai

ii dl bb) Vtd!
(a) .rtva&Qts%??B< bbf bZbibl?i 3%L,
(I have no reason to receive such an expensive gift.)
(b) POL j jb~b~~jj~+Lfh~&G:&fi~6bb~t:Cib~?i
a-t?tv,
(A young person like me cannot attend such a meeting.)

(f) .ri-Lli&\%i~sO~, gtbbf bZbib\ 3 3%tv,
(This is a secret, so I cannot talk about it.)

1. Wake ni wa ikanai is used to express the meaning that one cannot do s.t.
because of an external circumstance. So, the phrase cannot be used to
indicate a simple fact of incompetence. For example, (la) presents a
simple case incompetence, whereas (lb) presents a case in which one
cannot play the piano owing to some circumstance (e.g. a baby is
asleep). Actually (lb) presupposes that the speaker can play the piano.
(1) a. %ti ~7 / &~CTQL\.
(I cannot play the piano.)
b. #tiV7/ B%< bCf ?~itL~~~*L\,
(I cannot play the piano (owing to some circumstance).)