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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

Meanings

i-adjective

irritating; frustrating; impatient-making

usually written using kana alone

Describes a feeling of irritation or impatience when something is slow, unclear, or not going as desired. Often used about situations or other people's actions.

彼かれの話はなしはいつもじれったい。
His way of talking is always frustratingly slow.
結けっ果かが出でるまで待まつのはじれったい。
It's irritating to wait for the results.

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Kanji

焦char, hurry, impatient

Related words

もどかしい
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.
歯はがゆいN1
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Usage85%
Usually written in kana; the kanji form 焦れったい is rare.
焦じれったいUsage15%
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'.