癇かんの強つよい

Meanings

expression

irritable; short-tempered; easily angered

Describes a person who is quick to anger or easily irritated. Often used to characterize someone's temperament.

彼かれは癇かんの強つよい性せい格かくで、すぐに怒おこってしまう。
He has an irritable personality and gets angry quickly.
癇かんの強つよい上じょう司しに意い見けんするのは難むずかしい。
It's difficult to give an opinion to a short-tempered boss.

Kanji

癇bitter, hot temper, irritable
強strong

Related words

短たん気き
短気 is a noun or na-adjective meaning 'short temper' or 'quick-tempered', while 癇の強い is an i-adjective expression specifically describing an irritable disposition.
気き難むずかしい
気難しい means 'hard to please' or 'moody', focusing on being difficult to deal with, whereas 癇の強い emphasizes a tendency to become angry easily.

Written forms

癇かんの強つよい
Standard kanji spelling for this expression.
かんの強つよい
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the kanji 癇 is considered difficult.

Etymology

The expression combines 癇 (かん, 'temper' or 'irritability') with the i-adjective 強い (つよい, 'strong'), literally meaning 'strong-tempered'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it is a conventional phrase in modern Japanese.