たまらない

intolerable, unbearable, unendurable

Also:irresistible, cannot help (doing)

What does たまらない mean?

たまらない is a Japanese noun meaning intolerable, unbearable, unendurable in English. It can also be translated as irresistible, cannot help (doing) depending on context. It is written as たまらない in hiragana, and tamaranai in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N3 vocabulary.

Example sentences

このにおいはたまらなく嫌だ。

This smell disgusts me.

あのカメラが欲しくてたまらない

I'm dying for that camera.