Decoded Slug: Verbる ときりがない (verb-ru to kiri ga nai)
Japanese JLPT Grammar Point
Verbる ときりがない (verb-ru to kiri ga nai)
Verbる ときりがない (verb-ru to kiri ga nai)
Short explanation:
Used to indicate that something can go on endlessly or without limits
Formation:
Verb-casual + ときりがない
Examples:
彼の悪口を言うときりがない。
Kare no waruguchi o iu to kiri ga nai.
If we start talking about his faults, there's no end.
その問題を考えるときりがない。
Sono mondai o kangaeru to kiri ga nai.
If you start thinking about that problem, there's no end.
彼女の美点を挙げるときりがない。
Kanojo no biten o ageru to kiri ga nai.
If one were to start listing her virtues, there would be no end.
この世でおいしいものを食べるときりがない。
Kono yo de oishii mono o taberu to kiri ga nai.
If you start eating delicious things in this world, there's no end.
Long explanation:
The ～るときりがない grammar point is used to express that something can continue indefinitely, or that there is no limits or end to it. The phrase 'きりがない' itself means 'no end' or 'endless', and when attached to the casual form of a verb, it means that the action of the verb could go on indefinitely.
