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鼻持ちならぬ (hanamochinaranu) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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本ほん
当とう
に
うんざり
する
。
I'm really fed up with his intolerable attitude.
The disgusting smell of that restaurant killed my appetite.
Related words 鼻はな につく 鼻につく also means something is irritating or cloying, but it is a verb phrase and can be used more broadly for things that become tiresome or annoying over time. 鼻持ちならぬ is stronger and more immediate, often implying something is outright intolerable.
我が 慢まん ならない 我慢ならない means 'unbearable' or 'cannot stand', but it is a more general expression. 鼻持ちならぬ has a nuance of being disgusted or offended, often with a sensory or moral repulsion.
Etymology Literally 'cannot hold one's nose', from 鼻 (nose) + 持ち (holding) + ならぬ (cannot). The expression figuratively means something is so offensive that one cannot even bear to smell it.
