ブチ切ぎれ

also: ぶちきれ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

ブチ切れする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	ブチ切ぎれする	ブチ切ぎれしない
Polite	ブチ切ぎれします	ブチ切ぎれしません
Past polite	ブチ切ぎれしました	ブチ切ぎれしませんでした
Past	ブチ切ぎれした	ブチ切ぎれしなかった
Te-form	ブチ切ぎれして	ブチ切ぎれしないで
Desire	ブチ切ぎれしたい	ブチ切ぎれしたくない
Potential	ブチ切ぎれできる	ブチ切ぎれできない
Passive	ブチ切ぎれされる	ブチ切ぎれされない
Causative	ブチ切ぎれさせる	ブチ切ぎれさせない
Causative passive	ブチ切ぎれさせられる	ブチ切ぎれさせられない
Volitional	ブチ切ぎれしよう
Polite volitional	ブチ切ぎれしましょう
Imperative	ブチ切ぎれしろ	ブチ切ぎれするな
Conditional	ブチ切ぎれすれば	ブチ切ぎれしなければ
Tara conditional	ブチ切ぎれしたら	ブチ切ぎれしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

blowing one's top; losing it; flipping out

colloquial

Colloquial noun/suru-verb for suddenly becoming extremely angry or losing control. Often used in casual speech.

あの先せん生せいはすぐブチ切ぎれするから怖こわい。
That teacher blows his top easily, so he's scary.
彼かれのブチ切ぎれっぷりはすごかった。
His flipping out was incredible.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が〈事こと〉でブチ切ぎれするfor someone to blow their top over something
彼かれは小ちいさなミスでブチ切ぎれした。
He totally lost it over a small mistake.
〈人ひと〉が〈相あい手て〉にブチ切ぎれるfor someone to blow up at someone
彼かれは上じょう司しにブチ切ぎれた。
He blew up at his boss.
〈人ひと〉がブチ切ぎれそうになるfor someone to be about to blow their top
彼かの女じょはあまりの遅ち刻こくにブチ切ぎれそうになった。
She was about to lose it over how late everyone was.

Kanji

切cut, cutoff, be sharp

Related words

激げき怒ど
激怒 is a formal, written-register noun for intense rage, while ブチ切れ is casual slang for suddenly losing one's temper.
逆ぎゃく上じょう
逆上 describes flying into a blind rage and can imply loss of judgment, whereas ブチ切れ is a punchier, more colloquial way to say the same thing.
癇かん癪しゃく
癇癪 refers to a fit of temper or tantrum, often short and childish, while ブチ切れ emphasizes a sudden explosive snap in adult slang.
立りっ腹ぷくN1
立腹 is a polite, somewhat stiff word for being upset or offended, in contrast to the rough, vivid slang ブチ切れ.

Opposites

冷れい静せいN3
冷静 means calm and composed, the opposite state from ブチ切れ, which is a sudden loss of composure through anger.

Written forms

ブチ切れ
- ぶちぎれ
  Standard colloquial spelling with katakana emphasis on ブチ and kanji 切れ.
- ぶちきれ
ブチギレUsage86%
search-only kana form
All-katakana spelling for emphasis or slangy feel.
ぶち切れUsage14%
- ぶちぎれ
  Hiragana variant of the same spelling; less common but still used.
- ぶちきれ
ぶちきれ
Alternate reading without rendaku; rarely used.

Etymology

From the verb ぶち切れる (buchi-kireru), an intensified form of 切れる (kireru, 'to snap, lose one's temper'), with the prefix ぶち- adding force. The exact origin of ぶち- is uncertain, but it is a common colloquial intensifier.