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筆舌に尽くしがたい · i-adjective

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	筆ひつ舌ぜつに尽つくしがたい	筆ひつ舌ぜつに尽つくしがたくない
Polite	筆ひつ舌ぜつに尽つくしがたいです	筆ひつ舌ぜつに尽つくしがたくないですalso 筆ひつ舌ぜつに尽つくしがたくありません
Past polite	筆ひつ舌ぜつに尽つくしがたかったです	筆ひつ舌ぜつに尽つくしがたくなかったですalso 筆ひつ舌ぜつに尽つくしがたくありませんでした
Past	筆ひつ舌ぜつに尽つくしがたかった	筆ひつ舌ぜつに尽つくしがたくなかった
Te-form	筆ひつ舌ぜつに尽つくしがたくて	筆ひつ舌ぜつに尽つくしがたくなくて
Adverbial	筆ひつ舌ぜつに尽つくしがたく
Conditional	筆ひつ舌ぜつに尽つくしがたければ	筆ひつ舌ぜつに尽つくしがたくなければ
Tara conditional	筆ひつ舌ぜつに尽つくしがたかったら	筆ひつ舌ぜつに尽つくしがたくなかったら

Meanings

expression, i-adjective

beyond description; indescribable; inexpressible

A formal, literary set phrase meaning that something cannot be adequately expressed in words or writing. Often used in emotional or profound contexts.

その光こう景けいの美うつくしさは筆ひつ舌ぜつに尽つくしがたい。
The beauty of that scene is beyond description.
彼かれの悲かなしみは筆ひつ舌ぜつに尽つくしがたいものだった。
His sorrow was indescribable.

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Kanji

筆writing brush, writing, painting brush
舌tongue, reed, clapper
尽exhaust, use up, run out of
難difficult, impossible, trouble

Related words

言いい表あらわせない
More colloquial and direct; 筆舌に尽くしがたい is a formal, literary set phrase.
言こと葉ばにできない
Common spoken expression; 筆舌に尽くしがたい is more emphatic and often used in writing.

Built from

筆ひつ舌ぜつ+尽つくす

Written forms

筆ひつ舌ぜつに尽つくしがたい
Standard kanji spelling using 尽くしがたい.
筆ひつ舌ぜつに尽つくし難がたい
Variant using 難い instead of がたい; slightly more formal or literary feel.

Etymology

A fixed four-character phrase combining 筆舌 (writing and speech) with 尽くしがたい (hard to exhaust). The exact origin is uncertain, but it is a classical literary expression.