"たまらない" meaning in Japanese

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Adjective

IPA: [ta̠ma̠ɾa̠na̠i] Forms: tamaranai [romanization], たまらなく [adverbial]
Head templates: {{ja-adj|infl=i}} たまらない • (tamaranai) -i (adverbial たまらなく (tamaranaku))
  1. unbearable, intolerable, unendurable
    Sense id: en-たまらない-ja-adj-mQQHmANf Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 85 15 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 89 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0
  2. tremendous, irresistible
    Sense id: en-たまらない-ja-adj-v4Y7ANBg Categories (other): Japanese links with manual fragments Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 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) [emphatic]

Alternative forms

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      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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    }
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          "unbearable"
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        [
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          "intolerable"
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        [
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          "unendurable"
        ]
      ]
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              16,
              25
            ]
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              6,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "a person someone likes immensely",
          "roman": "suki de suki de tamaranai hito",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "好",
              "す"
            ],
            [
              "好",
              "す"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ]
          ],
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "tremendous, irresistible"
      ],
      "id": "en-たまらない-ja-adj-v4Y7ANBg",
      "links": [
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          "tremendous",
          "tremendous"
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        [
          "irresistible",
          "irresistible"
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    {
      "other": "たまらない"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ta̠ma̠ɾa̠na̠i]"
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "emphatic"
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "tamatta mono de wa nai",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic"
      ],
      "word": "たまったものではない"
    }
  ],
  "word": "たまらない"
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    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese い-i adjectives",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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    },
    {
      "form": "たまらなく",
      "roman": "tamaranaku",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
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      },
      "expansion": "たまらない • (tamaranai) -i (adverbial たまらなく (tamaranaku))",
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    }
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          "unbearable",
          "unbearable"
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          "intolerable"
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            ]
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          "english": "a person someone likes immensely",
          "roman": "suki de suki de tamaranai hito",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "好",
              "す"
            ],
            [
              "好",
              "す"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ]
          ],
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        }
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      ],
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          "irresistible"
        ]
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ta̠ma̠ɾa̠na̠i]"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "roman": "tamatta mon ja nai",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
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      "roman": "tamatta mono de wa nai",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic"
      ],
      "word": "たまったものではない"
    }
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for たまらない meaning in Japanese (1.7kB)

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