見るに忍びない – Vocabulary details

見みるに忍しのびない

Adjective (い)

Expression

Idiomatic

1. (so miserable that it is) painful to look at; painful to watch

see

ninja

to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

cannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing)

そんな場ば面めんを見みるに忍しのびなかった。

I couldn't bear to see such a scene.

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