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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

たまらない

N3
tamaranai
  1. intolerable
  2. unbearable
  3. unendurable
expressionい-adjective

Also written 堪らない

Chinese meanings

受不了;非常想

Examples

  • あのカメラが欲ほしくてたまらない。
    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いやだ。
    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"
  }
}