Evaluation & inevitability

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Worth & merit29 This theme gathers the advanced N1 expressions Japanese uses to weigh worth, merit and whether something is 'worth doing.' In formal, literary and journalistic registers, 〜に値する and 〜に足る／足りない judge whether something deserves praise, trust or attention ("彼の献身的な働きぶりは、賞賛に値する"; "信頼に足る人物かどうかは、危機に際してこそ見極められる"), 〜がい・〜かいがある convey rewarding effort and its payoff ("長年研究を重ねてきたかいがあり、ついに新薬の認可がおりた"), and 〜に堪える／堪えない evaluate whether a work withstands scrutiny or a scene is too much to bear ("見るに堪えない惨状を前に、記者は言葉を失った"). Master these to appraise value with the nuance and gravity expected of an educated adult.
Inevitability29 This theme teaches N1 expressions of inevitability and natural consequence — the advanced grammar used in news, business, academic and literary Japanese to convey that an outcome was bound to happen, entirely warranted, or unavoidable. Patterns like 起こるべくして起こった事態 (an outcome that was bound to occur) and 顧客が怒って当然だ (it's only natural the customers are angry) frame results as logically inescapable, while 撤退を余儀なくされた (was forced to withdraw) and 心を揺さぶらずにはおかない (cannot fail to move the heart) carry a formal, often literary weight. Use these when writing or speaking in an educated, formal register about consequences that could not have been otherwise.
Impossibility & prohibition29 This theme gathers the advanced N1 expressions Japanese uses to declare impossibility, prohibition, and things that simply cannot be allowed to stand. You will meet the literary ～べからず of maxims and rules ("初心忘るべからず"), the formal ～念に堪えない that pours out barely containable emotion ("感謝の念に堪えません"), ～ようがない for when there is no possible way ("対策の立てようがない"), the archaic ～まじき that brands conduct unforgivable ("医師にあるまじき所業"), ～では済まされない for what will not be excused, and the exclamatory ～といったらありはしない for feelings past all words. These belong to formal writing, news, speeches, and the emphatic speech of well-educated adults.

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