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たまらない (tamaranai)

intolerable, unbearable, unendurable

  • JLPT N1
  • Pitch -1

Meaning

堪らない (たまらない, tamaranai) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “intolerable, unbearable, unendurable”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 11

頭あたまが痛いたくてたまらない。

I have an unbearable headache.

暑あつくてたまらない。

This heat is unbearable.

痛いたくてたまらない。

I can't bear the pain.

聞ききたくてたまらない。

I'm all ears.

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