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湯気を立てて怒る (ゆげをたてておこる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

湯ゆ気げを立たてて怒おこる

Meanings

1

expression, godan verb (-ru)

boil with rage; seethe; be furious

Vivid idiom literally meaning 'to get angry with steam rising'; describes someone visibly fuming with anger.

彼かれは湯ゆ気げを立たてて怒おこっていた。
He was boiling with rage.
上じょう司しはミスを指し

摘てき

さ

れ

て

湯ゆ

気げ

を

立た

て

て

怒おこ

り

出だ

し

た

。

The boss started fuming when his mistake was pointed out.

Kanji

湯hot water, bath, hot spring
気spirit, mind, air
立stand up, rise, set up
怒angry, be offended

Similar words

怒おこる
General verb for 'to get angry'; 湯気を立てて怒る is a more intense, figurative expression emphasizing visible fury.
激げき怒どする
Means 'to be enraged' or 'to be furious'; more formal and less idiomatic than 湯気を立てて怒る.

Etymology

Idiomatic phrase combining 湯気 (steam) + を立てて (raising) + 怒る (get angry), evoking the image of steam rising from someone's head in a fit of rage.