Tuesday, May 5, 2009

~かねない ~could (go wrong)

「~かもしれない・~おそれがある」
could

Speaker apprehends result or course of events as having potential of being adverse (i.e. could go wrong etc)

(1)そんな乱暴な運転をしたら事故を起こしかねないよ。
If you drive as wildly as that, you could cause an accident.

(2)食事と睡眠だけはきちんと取らないと、体をこわすことになりかねません。
If you dont eat and sleep properly, you could damage yourself.

(3)最近のマスコミの過剰な報道は、無関係なひとを傷つけることにもなりかねない。
The recent surplus information from the mass media could hurt people who have not connection.

(4)あまり遊んだばかりと、落第しかねない。
If you just play to excess, you could fail.

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