和英辞典Vocabulary dictionary

漢字辞典 Kanji dictionary

文法辞典 Grammar dictionary

例文検索 Sentence lookup

test
 


Very A; Extremely A; Really want to do A
此この コ コ ア は 美味おいし く て 堪たまら な い ! 
This cocoa is ridiculously good!
47
毎 日 プ ー ル で 泳 ぐ の は 楽 し く て 堪 ら な い 。 
It's really fun to go swimming in the pool every day.
1
26
次 の コ ン サ ー ト に 行 き た く て 堪 ら な い 。 
I really, really want to go to the next concert!
0
23
彼 の カ メ ラ が 欲 し く て 堪 ら な い 。 
I'm dying for that camera.
3
18
将 来 の こと が 心 配 で 堪 ら な い 。 
I am full of anxiety about the future.
0
21
冷 た い 物 を 飲 み た く て 堪 ら な い 。 
I'm dying for a cold drink.
0
27
私 は 外 国 へ 行 き た く て 堪 ら な い 。 
I am aching to go abroad.
0
20
昨日 雨 が 降 っ た 所為 で 今日 は 蒸 し 蒸 し 為 て 堪 ら な い 。 
Because it rained yesterday, it is unbearably humid today.
0

Getting the sentences
Construction
(Elements in parentheses are optional.)
Aい-adjective -い くて
 
Aな-adjective で
 
AVerb: て-form
 
AVerb: たい-form (Want to..) -い くて
 
 
たまらない
Basic Examples:
煩くて堪らない (unbearably loud)

魅力的で堪らない (extremely charming)

寝たくて堪らない (desperately want to sleep)

Related Expressions
てしょうがない/てしかたがない
ならない
Where this grammar is found


Grammar usage notes

1)ある感情や体の感覚が起こってその状態が「強くて抑えられない」というときに使う。
2)話者の感情・体感・欲求を表すときに使う。3人称に使うときは文末に「ようだ・らしい・のだ」をつける必要がある。
3)自発を表す言葉「思える・泣ける」などといっしょには使えない。
◆ × 病気の母のことを思うと泣けてたまらない。
→○病気の母のことを思うと泣けてならない。

1)Inability to repress strong feelings or physical sensations.
2)Describes speaker's feelings, physical senses, or desires. For the third person, must append ようだ, らしい, or のだ to sentence ending.
3)Cannot be used with reflexive verbs such as 思える or 泣ける.てたまらない
9
0
avatar
デミフィ
Level: 1378
てたまらない - positive/negative - expresses large degree of something

てはたまらない - negative - expresses how large degree of something is problematic

same for てかなわない and てはかなわない
4
0
avatar
デミフィ
Level: 1378
文法:てしかたがない・てしょうがない・てたまらない・てならない

機能:感情・感覚(強い)

形:いAくて・なAで しかたがない・しょうがない・たまらない・ならない

意味:とても___で、我慢できない。

※ A=感情や感覚の言葉(悲しい・嫌・痛い・痒い・~たい・・・)

例文:昨夜3時まで起きていたので、眠くてたまらない。
0
0
avatar
猛眼
Level: 1656

Questions/Discussion

Nothing posted yet!

Discussion about this grammar
This section has been archived, and no new posts can be added. Please use the discussion form(s) above.
avatar
恵理子
Level: 1
Seems like two verb forms are being used:
Vて-Form + たまらない
Vたくて-Form + たまらない.

Maybe they should be separated, since it's a bit confusing the way it is now.
1
16 years ago
avatar
マイコー
Level: 346
Good point; that would help clarify it some. Thanks!
1
16 years ago
avatar
Lee
Level: 1
Hmm, in the book that I have it says you can only use this with たい verbs...
i.e. they would all be conjugated as Vたくて+たまらない
??
0
15 years ago
avatar
マイコー
Level: 346
Probably because textbooks tend to usually not show every usage form unless its a grammar dictionary. :) I checked with a Japanese teacher, and the other forms are good!
0
15 years ago
avatar
友人
Level: 1
Do you think everyone will understand で is the continuative copula for the root noun of the -na adjective, or should removing the -na be more explicit?
0
15 years ago
avatar
マイコー
Level: 346
Most if not all pages in the grammar library explicitly show the な being added.
1
15 years ago
avatar
友人
Level: 1
Ok
0
15 years ago
avatar
dmalteseknight
Level: 1
When it comes to feelings, this is used on the feelings you're feeling at that very moment.
0
11 years ago


Loading the list
Lv.

Sorry, there was an error on renshuu! If it's OK, please describe what you were doing. This will help us fix the issue.

Characters to show:





Use your mouse or finger to write characters in the box.
■ Katakana ■ Hiragana