N1 grammar · Lesson 13

「には当あたらない」「には及およばない」「までもない」—no need

一度いちど失敗しっぱいしたからといって、悲観ひかんするには当あたらない。

Three kinds of “no need”. 「〜には当あたらない」: an overreaction; 「〜には及およびません」: “please don’t trouble”; 「〜までもない」: too obvious to bother.

Practise Paid

In this lesson

  1. 01「〜には当あたらない」: no reason to …, it doesn’t call for …
  2. 02「〜には及およばない」: no need to …, please don’t trouble yourself
  3. 03Review 「〜までもない」: too obvious to need doing
  4. 04Compared with similar expressions
  5. 05Putting them together: dialogue and short text

Practice

  • Choose the meaning of each sentence
  • Which sentence uses it correctly?
  • Choose the phrase for each blank
  • Change to the given form
  • Put the pieces in order
  • Read the passage and answer the questions

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