JLPT N3 · い-adjective

たまらない (tamaranai)

たまらない is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “intolerable; unbearable”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: たまらない
Romaji: tamaranai
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

intolerable; unbearable; unendurable · expression, い-adjective · usually written in kana
irresistible; tremendous; out of this world · expression, い-adjective · usually written in kana
cannot help (doing); cannot but do; anxious to do; cannot get enough of · expression, い-adjective · usually written in kana · after te-form of verbs and adj.

Example sentences

このにおいはたまらなく嫌だ。

This smell disgusts me.

Tatoeba #223415

あのカメラが欲しくてたまらない。

I'm dying for that camera.

Tatoeba #231351

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of たまらない

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	たまらない	たまらない tamaranai
Negative	たまらなくない	たまらなくない tamaranakunai
Past	たまらなかった	たまらなかった tamaranakatta
Negative past	たまらなくなかった	たまらなくなかった tamaranakunakatta
Te-form	たまらなくて	たまらなくて tamaranakute
Adverb (~ku)	たまらなく	たまらなく tamaranaku
Conditional (~ba)	たまらなければ	たまらなければ tamaranakereba

Source: JMdict entry 1211340 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.