〜には及ばない (~ni wa oyobanai) — there is no need to ~ (formal)
A formal, polite way to tell someone 'you needn't go to that trouble'.
Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)
Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)
When to use it
- You phone the city office: 'I'll come tomorrow to pick up the papers.' The clerk says: 「郵送いたしますので、わざわざお越しいただくには及びません」— 'we will post them, there's no need to come all the way here.'
- It is very formal, usually in the form 「〜には及びません」.
Meaning
That is 「〜には及ばない」: formal, polite language for 'there's no need to do that, please don't trouble yourself'.
How to attach
Attach it to the dictionary form of a verb (行くには及ばない), or drop 「する」from a する-noun (心配には及ばない).
Versus what you know
- Earlier you learned 「先輩には及ばない」= 'I don't reach my senior's level' — there a person or level (N) comes before it; here an action comes before it (a verb, or an action noun like 「心配」), and the meaning is 'no need to'. Look at what comes before to tell them apart.
- 「までもない」in this lesson also means 'no need', but it gives the reason 'it's obvious'; 「には及ばない」is mostly said to free someone from their offer or worry — 「ご心配には及びません」(no need to worry), 「それには及びません」(no need for that, thank you).
Watch out
The key rule: what comes before must be an action done on purpose — it doesn't fit things that just happen, like 「お腹が空くには及ばない」.
Examples (उदाहरणहरू)
書類は郵送いたしますので、わざわざお越しいただくには及びません。
しょるいはゆうそういたしますので、わざわざおこしいただくにはおよびません。
We will mail the documents, so there is no need for you to come all the way here.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 郵送いたします = we will send it by mail (the reason) → お越しいただく = for you to come (respectful, dictionary form) → 「には及びません」 = there's no need to come (polite).
軽いけがですから、ご心配には及びません。
かるいけがですから、ごしんぱいにはおよびません。
It's only a minor injury, so there's no need to worry.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 軽いけが = a minor injury → ご心配 = worry (「する」 dropped, respectful 「ご」) → 「には及びません」 = no need to worry.
電話で確認できるので、本社まで行くには及ばない。
でんわでかくにんできるので、ほんしゃまでいくにはおよばない。
We can check by phone, so there's no need to go all the way to the head office.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 電話で確認できる = can check by phone → 本社まで行く = to go all the way to the head office → 「には及ばない」 = no need to go.
Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)
「この書類には、印鑑を＿＿には及びません。サインで結構です。」— fill the blank.
💡 Hint: Which verb form comes before 「には及ばない」?
Dictionary form + には及ばない. 押すには及びません = no need to stamp it.
In which sentence does 「には及ばない」mean 'there's no need to'?
💡 Hint: Is a person (level) before it, or an action?
迎えに来る (an action) + には及ばない = no need to come and pick me up. The other three have a person before it (母・兄・先輩) — 'I don't reach their level'.
In which sentence is 「には及ばない」unnatural?
💡 Hint: An action done on purpose, or something that just happens?
には及ばない needs a deliberate action before it. Getting hungry just happens, so it doesn't fit.
Your score: /3