暖かいご支援をいただき感謝の念に堪えません。
- I am deeply grateful for your warm support.
This Japanese sentence "暖かいご支援をいただき感謝の念に堪えません。" means "I am deeply grateful for your warm support." in English. It is an N1 Mid-level example sentence.
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暖かいご支援をいただき感謝の念に堪えません。 meaning: I am deeply grateful for your warm support.
The sentence follows a formal Japanese structure often used in business or formal correspondence. It uses several advanced grammatical concepts. ⚫︎ The sentence begins with a phrase indicating the action that prompted the speaker's feelings: 暖かいご支援をいただき ("Having received your warm support"). ⚫︎ This phrase acts as a subordinate clause. ⚫︎ The main clause expresses the speaker's feeling of gratitude: 感謝の念に堪えません ("I am deeply grateful"). ⚫︎ The sentence structure emphasizes formality and politeness through the use of specific verb conjugations and fixed expressions.
The particle に in 感謝の念に堪えません is used to indicate a state or condition related to the verb. ⚫︎ に here marks the object of the verb 堪える (to endure, to bear). ⚫︎ The entire phrase 感謝の念に堪えません means literally "cannot bear the feeling of gratitude," expressing the speaker's overwhelming gratitude. ⚫︎ This usage of に is common in set phrases and expressions of emotion or state.
The phrase ~に堪えない (korae-nai) is a fixed expression indicating that one cannot bear or contain an emotion or action. It's often used to express strong feelings. ⚫︎ It is a formal and polite way of expressing the degree of emotion. ⚫︎ The negative form 堪えません means "cannot bear" or "cannot contain." ⚫︎ Examples: * 喜びの念に堪えない (yorokobi no nen ni korae-nai) - "I am overcome with joy." * 感動のあまり、涙を堪えなかった (kandou no amari, namida o korae nakatta) - "Overwhelmed by emotion, I couldn't hold back my tears."
The verb いただく (itadaku) is the humble form of もらう (morau - to receive) and is used to show respect to the person giving the action. The て-form of a verb in combination with いただき is used to express the action being the reason for the feelings in the main clause. ⚫︎ いただき is the te-form of the verb いただく (to receive, to get), which is a humble form used when the action is done to the speaker or someone related to the speaker. ⚫︎ This form is commonly used in business settings. ⚫︎ The て-form (te-form) + いただきindicates a cause or reason. In this context, it shows that the speaker's gratitude stems from receiving warm support. * Example: お電話をいただき、ありがとうございます。 ("Thank you for your call.")
暖かい (atatakai - warm, supportive) is a na-adjective (adjectival noun) modifying the noun ご支援 (go-shien - support). ⚫︎ Adjectival nouns require the particle な when they modify nouns. However, because it is written as a noun here, no particle is used. ⚫︎ The word order: Adjective (暖かい) + Noun (ご支援) = 暖かいご支援. ⚫︎ 暖かい describes the quality of the support. This sentence uses a warm adjective to express gratitude.