Lesson 107: わけには いかない・とは 限らない・必ずしも

N3 · Lesson 107 · 18 min — Can't (for rules or manners) / have to, not always, not necessarily

Last lesson you learned わけだ, わけではない and わけがない. This lesson adds one more わけ pattern, plus two ways to say “not always.” They fit Rin’s travel agency job perfectly. Let’s read the comic first!

After this lesson, you can:

Things You Can’t Ask

Piyo’s picture of くまや and the big tree is still on Rin’s mind. Today he is sorting Kyoto tour sign-up forms at the travel agency... (申込書もうしこみしょ = sign-up form)

わけには いかない = you can’t do it because of rules or manners; とは 限かぎらない = not always. Next lesson a typhoon is coming, and Rin leads his first tour!

Words for this lesson: can’t, not always

Grammar 1 / 3: わけにはいかない

Dictionary form + わけには いかない = can’t ~ (because of rules or manners); ない-form + わけには いかない = have to ~ (it would be wrong not to)

Grammar 2 / 3: とはかぎらない

Plain form + とは 限かぎらない = not always ~ (usually true, but there are exceptions)

Grammar 3 / 3: かならずしも

必かならずしも + 〜とは 限かぎらない/〜わけではない = not necessarily ~ (always paired with a negative)