N2grammar

[V-た] + ものの

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〜まいとする — Try not to do something; attempt to refrain from doing something (expresses conscious effort to avoid an action)

〜ずにはいられない — Cannot help but be (a certain state); unable to refrain from being (expresses an uncontrollable state of being)

〜ようか〜まいか — Whether to do something or not; debating whether to do something (expresses hesitation or indecision)

〜まい — Will not do something; intend not to do something (expresses strong negative intention or negative conjecture)

〜ずにはいられない — Cannot help but do something; unable to refrain from doing something (expresses an uncontrollable urge or emotion)

〜がちの + Noun — A noun that is prone to...; a noun that tends to... (used to modify a noun with a tendency)

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