can't stop; sincerely (do)

てやまない means that a feeling continues without end. Attach it to a verb's te-form, usually a verb of emotion like 願う or 愛する. It is formal and expresses deep, enduring sentiment, often in good wishes.

Examples

• 皆みな様さまのご成功せいこうを願ねがってやみません。

  Minasama no go-seikou o negatte yamimasen.

  I sincerely wish you all every success.

• 彼かれは故郷こきょうを愛あいしてやまなかった。

  Kare wa furusato o aishite yamanakatta.

  He loved his hometown endlessly.

Vocabulary in these examples

• 皆 everyone, all
• 成功 success
• 彼 he, him

Related patterns · Inevitability and compulsion

• 〜ずにはおかない will inevitably; won't leave it without
• 〜を余儀なくされる be forced to; have no choice but
• 〜を禁じ得ない cannot help but feel
• 〜べく in order to
• 〜んがため in order to; for the sake of