堪る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
堪
たま
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 溜(た)まる (tamaru, “to accumulate”).

Verb

堪(たま)る • (tamaru) intransitive godan (stem 堪(たま)り (tamari), past 堪(たま)った (tamatta))

  1. (often with negative) to refrain; to restrain oneself
    こう暑(あつ)くてはたまらぬ
    kō atsukute wa tamaranu
    This hot temperature is intolerable.
    あぁ^~たまらねぇぜ
    ā^~ tamaranē ze
    Oh, it's wonderful.

Conjugation

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