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〜わけがない

there's no way, it can't be

Plain form + わけがない (な-adj + な · Noun + の / である)

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わけがない flatly rules something out: 彼がうそをつくわけがない, "there's no way he'd lie". There's no reason or logic that could make it true.

It's very close to はずがない (N4). わけがない is a little more common in conversation and more emotional; はずがない leans on expectations. In casual speech, が often drops: わけない.

The polite form is わけがありません.

Watch out for its lookalikes: わけではない is "it's not that…" (a partial denial), and わけにはいかない is "I can't, given the situation". Only わけがない means "no way".

Examples

  • こんな難むずかしい問題もんだい、私わたしに解とけるわけがない。

    There's no way I can solve a problem this hard.

  • 彼かれがうそをつくわけがない。

    There's no way he'd lie.

  • 一日いちにちで終おわるわけがないよ。

    There's no way it'll be done in a day.

  • そんな安やすい値段ねだんで買かえるわけがありません。

    There's no way you can buy it that cheaply.

  • 知しらないわけがない。毎日会まいにちあっているんだから。

    There's no way they don't know. They see each other every day.

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