ありえない・あり得ない・有り得ないarienai
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- i-adjectiveimpossible
- i-adjectiveunthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous; absurd
Conjugation
| Plain form | ありえない |
|---|---|
| Polite (desu) | ありえないです |
| Negative (kunai) | ありえなくない |
| polite (ku arimasen) | ありえなくありません |
| Past (katta) | ありえなかった |
| Past negative (kunakatta) | ありえなくなかった |
| Te form (kute) | ありえなくて |
| Adverbial (ku) | ありえなく |
| Conditional (kereba) | ありえなければ |
| kattara | ありえなかったら |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym不可能ふかのうNeutralStates impossibility objectively, as in 「実現不可能」; neutral, often in writing, and carries none of the exclamatory tone of 「ありえない」.
- Synonym不能ふのうWrittenWritten and formal: unable to do something, mostly used as a suffix, as in 「再起不能」「修復不能」「使用不能」.
- Related無理むりNeutralFrequent in speech, as in 「無理です」: something is unmanageable or can't be done, focusing on inability rather than logical impossibility.
- Relatedとんでも無いとんでもないNeutralCovers the outrageous and absurd, and doubles as the polite set phrase 「とんでもない」; its range of uses is broad.
- Related及び難いおよびがたいWrittenWritten and formal: hard to attain, stressing the gap to be closed, as in 「及び難い境地」.
- Related絶望的ぜつぼうてきNeutralMeans hopeless, stressing a bleak outlook; it describes dire situations rather than exclaiming at something absurd.
- Related非現実的ひげんじつてきNeutralMeans unrealistic, leaning toward written style, as in 「非現実的な計画」.
- RelatedインポシブルNeutralA loanword for impossible; very rare in everyday speech and mostly met in titles.
- Related考えられないかんがえられないNeutralMeans unthinkable or hard to imagine, as in 「考えられないミス」; it stresses the speaker's surprise.
- Antonymあり得るありうるNeutralThe antonym: possible or conceivable, as in 「十分ありうる話」.
Use 「ありえない」 for logical impossibility or as a colloquial exclamation at something outrageous, as in 「ありえない!」. To state impossibility objectively, pick 「不可能」; for something you simply can't manage, 「無理」. 「あり得る」 is the antonym.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


