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Very A; Extremely A; Really want to do A
     おい   たま    
This cocoa is ridiculously good!
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It's really fun to go swimming in the pool every day.
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I really, really want to go to the next concert!
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I'm dying for that camera.
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   こと          
I am full of anxiety about the future.
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I'm dying for a cold drink.
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I am aching to go abroad.
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Because it rained yesterday, it is unbearably humid today.
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Construction
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Aい-adjective -い くて
 
Aな-adjective
 
AVerb: て-form
 
AVerb: たい-form (Want to..) -い くて
 
 
たまらない
Basic Examples:
くてらない (unbearably loud)

らない (extremely charming)

たくてらない (desperately want to sleep)

Related Expressions
てしょうがない/てしかたがない
ならない
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Grammar usage notes

1)あるこってそのが「くてえられない」というときに使う。
2)すときに使う。3使うときはに「ようだ・らしい・のだ」をつけるがある。
3)える・ける」などといっしょには使えない。
◆ × のことをうとけてたまらない。
→○のことをうとけてならない。

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 える or ける.てたまらない
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デミフィ
Level: 856
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
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デミフィ
Level: 856

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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.
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14 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 301
Good point; that would help clarify it some. Thanks!
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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
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マイコー
Level: 301
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!
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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?
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マイコー
Level: 301
Most if not all pages in the grammar library explicitly show the な being added.
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Level: 1
Ok
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dmalteseknight
Level: 1
When it comes to feelings, this is used on the feelings you're feeling at that very moment.
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10 years ago
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