HomeGrammarJLPT N1Verb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)

JLPT N1

Explanation

Used to indicate that something can go on endlessly or without limits.

Formation

Detailed explanation

The ~るときりがない grammar point is used to express that once you start doing the verb, there’s no end or limit. The phrase 'きりがない' means 'no end' or 'endless.'

Examples

Kare no waruguchi o iu to kiri ga nai.

If we start talking about his faults, there's no end.

Sono mondai o kangaeru to kiri ga nai.

If you start thinking about that problem, there's no end.

Kanojo no biten o ageru to kiri ga nai.

If you start listing her virtues, there would be no end.

Kono yo de oishii mono o taberu to kiri ga nai.

If you start eating all the delicious things in this world, there's no end.

Practice

Grammar content sourced from hanabira.org.