unthinkable
inconceivable
unimaginable
cannot think
Structure
- Noun + は/など/なんて + 考えられない
- Phrase + ということは/ことは/など/なんて + 考えられない
[考えない and 考えていない are not used to express the above mentioned meanings]
[思う = subjective/emotive thought・考える = objective/logical thought]
In this grammar point, although we have the potential form of 考える we do not use the が particle but the は particle. I was wondering whether it is to use the contrastive function of the は particle.
Yeah! It marks the stop where you say: ‘All of this sentence, THAT is unthinkable.’ Good catch!