能わず あたわず Meanings Auxiliary verb unable to do; impossible to do Kanji 能 ability. Read as あたう. Words containing 能わず 強弩の末魯縞に入る能わず (きょうどのすえろこうにいるあたわず) even the strong will grow weak 凝っては思案に能わず (こってはしあんにあたわず) too much thinking gets you nowhere Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists