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なれない

can't bring oneself to, can't feel like, cannot come, don't get used to, can't get used to

→ 成れる
なれ Potential form + ない Negative
verb · informal Rare #23,609
can't bring oneself to, can't feel like Often used in the pattern ～する気になれない, meaning “can't feel like doing ～.”
JA: 今日は勉強する気になれない。
EN: I can't bring myself to study today.
cannot come In おいでになれない, this is part of a polite honorific expression meaning “cannot come.”
JA: 明日はそちらにおいでになれないそうです。
EN: I hear they won't be able to come there tomorrow.

今夜は外出する気になれないんだ。

I don't feel like going out tonight.

あなたがおいでになれないとは、まことに残念です。

It is truly regrettable that you cannot come.

ずっとそのままそれ以外にはなれないわ！

You'll always be that way—you can never be anything else!

— 甘い生活 (1960)

今はそのことを話す気になれないんだ。

I don't feel like talking about that right now.

君はまだ子供だとても殺し屋にはなれない

You're still just a child. You could never become a hitman.

— レオン (1994)

今はそれをする気になれない。

I don't feel like doing that right now.

何もする気になれない。

I don't feel like doing anything.

ジミーも俺も幹部にはなれないアイルランド系だからだ

Neither Jimmy nor I can become an executive because we're Irish.

— グッドフェローズ (1990)

お母さん、彼のことをじっくり考えたんだけど、どうしても結婚する気になれないの。

Mom, I’ve thought long and hard about him, but I just can’t bring myself to marry him.

verb · informal, present tense Rare #36,187
don't get used to, can't get used to Here, なれない is the negative form of 慣れる, meaning “get used to.”
JA: 私はまだ新しい環境になれない。
EN: I still can't get used to the new environment.
Conjugation of 慣れる
Potential present
なれない

練習する気になれない

I don't feel like practicing.

— アイム・スティル・ヒア (2024)

あなたなんか長生きしてもなれないわ

You’ll never become one, no matter how long you live.

— ザ・マン・フロム・アース (2007)

君らの力に…なれないのがつらい

It pains me that I can't be of any help to you guys...

— 雪山の絆 (2023)

人に優しくなんかなれないんだよ

I just can't be kind to people.

— 万引き家族 (2018)

verb · informal Rare #41,666
cannot become, can't be
JA: 一日でプロにはなれない。
EN: You can't become a professional in one day.
Conjugation of なる
Potential
なれない

そんなことをする気には到底なれないね。

I really can't bring myself to do something like that.

とてもそんな男を援助する気にはなれない。

I really can't bring myself to help a man like that.

妻の金がなければ、彼は決して重役にはなれないだろう。

Without his wife's money, he would never become an executive.

新しいテレビを買っても、幸せにはなれないよ。

Even if you buy a new TV, it won't make you happy.