Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
たま
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

Cognate with Japanese ()まる (tamaru, to accumulate).

Verb edit

(たま) (tamaruintransitive godan (stem (たま) (tamari), past (たま)った (tamatta))

  1. (often with negative) to refrain; to restrain oneself
    こう(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
    ā^~ tamaranē ze
    Oh, it's wonderful.

Conjugation edit