たまらない

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
堪らない

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たまらない (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Adjective

たまらない • (tamaranai) -i (adverbial たまらなく (tamaranaku))

unbearable, intolerable, unendurable
tremendous, irresistible
好(す)きで好(す)きでたまらない人(ひと)
suki de suki de tamaranai hito
a person someone likes immensely

Synonyms

(emphatic) たまったもんじゃない (tamatta mon ja nai)
(emphatic) たまったものではない (tamatta mono de wa nai)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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