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I can't help taking painkillers when I have a headache.
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atamagaitai
expression, i adjective
  1. having a headache
  2. racking one's brains; troubling over something
atama
noun
  1. head
  2. hair (on one's head)
  3. mind; brains; intellect
  4. leader; chief; boss; captain
  5. top; tip
  6. beginning; start
  7. head; person
  8. down payment; deposit
  9. top structural component of a kanji
  10. pair
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
itai
i adjective
  1. painful; sore
  2. cringy; embarrassing
i adjective, suffix
  1. exceeding (esp. 甚い)
toki
noun
  1. time; hour; moment (刻 signifies a time of day; 秋 signifies an important time)
noun, adverb
  1. occasion; case
noun
  1. chance; opportunity; season
  2. the times; the age; the day
  3. tense
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
chintsuuzai
noun
  1. analgesic; painkiller; sedative; tranquilizer; tranquiliser
chintsuu
noun, no adjective
  1. pain relief; killing pain
zai
noun, used as a suffix
  1. medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
nomu

Formal Present Indicative Negative Form

nomazu
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine) (呑む often means swallowing whole, gulping, etc.)
  2. to smoke (tobacco) (also written 喫む)
  3. to engulf; to overwhelm
  4. to keep down; to suppress
  5. to accept (e.g. demand, condition)
  6. to make light of; to conceal
niha
expression, particle
  1. to; for; on; in; at (emphasises word marked by に)
  2. in order to; for
  3. as for; regarding (indicates respect for subject of sentence)
  4. while it is (was) the case that ...; indeed ... (but); certainly ... (but) (as AにはAが...; emphasizes the repeated word, followed by a contrasting statement)
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
irareru

Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

irarenai
expression, ichidan verb
  1. can be; can exist; can stay
  2. cannot help but ... (after a verb in negative form as 〜ずにはいられない、〜ないではいられない, etc.)

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