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Taken from question 4 and 5 of this URL:
<https://japanesetest4you.com/japanese-language-proficiency-test-
jlpt-n1-listening-exercise-5/>

QUESTION 4: The audio starts with: あ～ぁ、やってらんないよなあ。 I usually feel pretty
confident with spoken Japanese contractions, but I can't make heads or tails
of what this statement is. What is "やってらんない" short for?

QUESTION 5:

The statement and three possible responses are:

この料理、二人分にしちゃ物足りないよね。

1 うん、食べた気がしないね。

2 ひとり分で十分だったよね。

3 本当、食べきれないよ。

The correct answer is 1, although I'm confused why 2 wouldn't be the better
answer.

My translations are: This meal wouldn't be enough for two people. 1: Yeah, but
I'm not feeling hungry. 2: It was plenty for one. 3: I really can't eat it
all.

What am I missing here?
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**QUESTION 4**

やってらんない is short for やっていられない. やっていられない becomes やってられない, which becomes やってらんない
([`re`-to-`n`](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/61959/5010)). But since
this is a colloquial and slangy expression, we see this almost always in the
contracted form. Variations include やってられるか, やってられっか, やってられん, やってらんねー, etc.
It's a set phrase meaning "I can't stand it anymore", "I've had enough", "I'm
so tired of this", etc.

**QUESTION 5**

The options actually mean:

> 1: Yeah, I don't feel like I ate anything.  
>  2: (Ordering just) one serving/dish would've been enough.  
>  3: I really can't eat it all.

So 2 and 3 mean they ordered too much. Here 1人分 ("one person's worth/portion")
is the same as 1人前 ("one serving (of food)"). "It was plenty for one" would be
something like 1人なら十分だったけどね.
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