Japatan
접속
- V普通形 + わけがない
- いA普通形 + わけがない
- なA + な + わけがない
- N + の / である + わけがない
해설
This strongly denies a possibility: "Considering the reasons, there's absolutely no way ~." It carries the speaker's strong feelings and is often used with こんなに, あんなに, or そんなに. Compared with わけではない ("not necessarily"), the denial is much stronger.
예문
こんなに難しい問題が、一時間で できるわけがない。
There's no way I can do such a difficult problem in an hour.
駅の前の新しいホテルが、そんなに 安いわけがない。
There's no way a new hotel in front of the station is that cheap.
日曜日の動物園が 静かなわけがない。
There's no way the zoo is quiet on a Sunday.
あの店は毎日開いているから、今日が 休みのわけがない。
That shop is open every day, so there's no way it's closed today.
주의
In casual speech が is sometimes dropped (わけない). It means almost the same as はずがない, but わけがない sounds more emotional and is common in conversation.
관련 문법
미니 퀴즈
1今出たばかりの電車に、走っても（ ）わけがない。
정답과 해설
정답: 1 間に合う
"Even if you run, there's no way you'll catch the train that just left." わけがない follows the plain form: 間に合う.
2佐藤さんは料理がとても上手だから、佐藤さんが作ったケーキがまずい（ ）。
정답과 해설
정답: 3 わけがない
"Ms. Sato is a very good cook, so there's no way her cake tastes bad." わけがない fits. わけだ and ことがある contradict the reason, and というのは cannot end a sentence.
3A「雪がすごいね。明日の試合、あるかな。」
B「こんなに降っているんだから、ある（ ）よ。」
정답과 해설
정답: 2 わけがない
A: "It's snowing a lot. Will tomorrow's game still happen?" B: "With this much snow, there's no way it will." わけだ and ということだ would mean the game will happen, which is the opposite.
