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Can you memorize this many words in one week? Look at the picture and think about why the speaker is certain it cannot be done.

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Lesson notes · ≈ JLPT N2 · Intermediate 3

〜っこない~kkonai

absolutely impossible

Use 「〜っこない」 in everyday speech to firmly say that something is impossible, based on your judgment.

How it works

Can you memorize this many words in one week? Look at the picture and think about why the speaker is certain it cannot be done.
「っこない」 strongly rules out a possibility. It means “there is absolutely no way,” with a very firm tone.
This is an everyday spoken expression. Even with 「です」 at the end, the strong negative tone remains.
It expresses the speaker’s judgment. Telling someone “you could never do that” can sound presumptuous.
In the example, the pattern is 分かります→分かり＋っこない. Remove 「ます」.

「説明だけでは」 sets a condition: the speaker believes an explanation alone cannot possibly make the difference clear.

「覚えられっこない」 uses the potential form: 覚えられる→覚えられます.

Then remove 「ます」: 覚えられ＋っこない. 「られ」 comes from the potential form.

Saying 「何年たっても覚えられっこない」 firmly asserts that you could never memorize them, no matter how many years pass.

擬音ぎおんgion語ごgoをo一日いちにちichinichiでde全部ぜんぶzenbu覚えられっこないですおぼえられっこないですoboerarekkonaidesu
There is no way you can memorize all the onomatopoeia in a single day.
「さらさら」さらさらsarasaraと「とtoざらざら」ざらざらzarazaraのno違いちがいchigaiは、わ、wa、説明せつめいsetsumeiだけdakeでdeはわwa分かりっこわかりっこwakarikkoないnaiとto思います。おもいます。omoimasu。
I think there is no way we can understand the difference between "sarasara" and "zarazara" just from an explanation.

A
「擬音ぎおん語ごと擬態ぎたい語ごって、全部ぜんぶ覚えられる？」おぼえられる
A: "Can you memorize all the onomatopoeia and mimetic words?"
B
「一いち週間しゅうかんで全部ぜんぶ覚えられっこないおぼえられっこないよ。多おおすぎる。」すぎる。
B: "There is no way you can memorize all of them in a week. There are too many."
A
「じゃあ、じゃあ、感覚かんかくで覚えるおぼえるしかないね。」ね。
A: "Then we have no choice but to learn them by feel."

Level 1 · Recognise
Which sentence is correct?
Level 1 · Recognise
Listen and choose the meaning
Level 2 · Build
Put the words in order
There's no way I could memorize all the onomatopoeia in one day.
Level 3 · Use
What goes in the blank?
擬音語を一日で全部覚えられ____です。
There's no way you can memorize all onomatopoeia in one day.