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じれったい (jirettai) Japanese meaning: irritating | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Conjugation じれったい · i-adjective
Form Positive Negative Dictionary じれったい じれったくない Polite じれったいです じれったくないです also じれったくありません Past polite じれったかったです じれったくなかったです also じれったくありませんでした Past じれったかった じれったくなかった Te-form じれったくて じれったくなくて Adverbial じれったく Conditional じれったければ じれったくなければ Tara conditional じれったかったら じれったくなかったら
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His way of talking is always frustratingly slow.
It's irritating to wait for the results.
Related words じれったい usually targets impatience with someone else's slow or indecisive actions, while もどかしい can also describe frustration at one's own inability or a tantalizing situation.
歯がゆい and じれったい both express frustration, but じれったい focuses on personal impatience and annoyance at a delay, whereas 歯がゆい often describes frustration at being unable to act despite wanting to.
Written forms じれったい Usage 85%
Usually written in kana; the kanji form 焦れったい is rare.
焦じ れったい Usage 15%
Kanji spelling is uncommon and may not be recognized by all readers.
Etymology Derived from the verb 焦れる (じれる, 'to get impatient') with the adjective-forming suffix ったい, which adds a sense of 'having the quality of' or 'tending to'.
