たまらない
N3 tamaranai
- intolerable
- unbearable
- unendurable
expressionい-adjective
Also written 堪らない
Chinese meanings
受不了;非常想
Examples
- あのカメラが欲しくてたまらない。I'm dying for that camera.我非常想要那台相机。
- このにおいはたまらなく嫌だ。This smell disgusts me.我讨厌这个味道,简直受不了。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('2b5e5351b0'); // たまらない
{
"id": "2b5e5351b0",
"word": "たまらない",
"reading": "たまらない",
"romaji": "tamaranai",
"meanings": [
"intolerable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"exp",
"adj-i"
],
"jmdict_id": 1211340,
"other_forms": [
"堪らない"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "あのカメラが欲しくてたまらない。",
"furigana": "あのカメラが{欲|ほ}しくてたまらない。",
"en": "I'm dying for that camera.",
"tatoeba_id": 231351
},
{
"ja": "このにおいはたまらなく嫌だ。",
"furigana": "このにおいはたまらなく{嫌|いや}だ。",
"en": "This smell disgusts me.",
"tatoeba_id": 223415
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "6b6d4b9410e38cb25a39c02b3d75e5d1de5f13808ecd6e6a7407ba0668ddb6a3",
"meanings": [
"受不了",
"非常想"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "あのカメラが欲しくてたまらない。",
"zh": "我非常想要那台相机。"
},
{
"ja": "このにおいはたまらなく嫌だ。",
"zh": "我讨厌这个味道,简直受不了。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/2b5e5351b0",
"JMdict ent_seq 1211340; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "0316a1fb7726a71957aa7abe4285b6a378edf568c6e45a7e71369d16d8f358f7",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}