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腹が立つ (haragatatsu) Japanese meaning: get angry | Kotomora
JLPT N3 › Conjugation 腹が立つ · godan verb (-tsu)
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 腹はら が 立た つ 腹はら が 立た たない Polite 腹はら が 立た ちます 腹はら が 立た ちません Past polite 腹はら が 立た ちました 腹はら が 立た ちませんでした Past 腹はら が 立た った 腹はら が 立た たなかった Te-form 腹はら が 立た って 腹はら が 立た たないで Desire 腹はら が 立た ちたい 腹はら が 立た ちたくない Potential 腹はら が 立た てる 腹はら が 立た てない Passive 腹はら が 立た たれる 腹はら が 立た たれない Causative 腹はら が 立た たせる 腹はら が 立た たせない Causative passive 腹はら が 立た たせられる also 腹はら が 立た たされる 腹はら が 立た たせられない also 腹はら が 立た たされない Volitional 腹はら が 立た とう Polite volitional 腹はら が 立た ちましょう Imperative 腹はら が 立た て 腹はら が 立た つな Conditional 腹はら が 立た てば 腹はら が 立た たなければ Tara conditional 腹はら が 立た ったら 腹はら が 立た たなかったら
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失しつ
礼れい
な
態たい
度ど
に
腹はら
が
立た
っ
た
。
I got angry at his rude attitude.
No matter how many times I tell him, he doesn't get it, so I'm getting angry.
Related words· 9 怒る is a general, more formal verb for 'to get angry,' while 腹が立つ is a colloquial expression emphasizing a personal, gut-level irritation.
ムカつく is slangier and more casual, often used by younger speakers, while 腹が立つ is slightly more neutral though still informal.
腹が立つ describes stronger anger, while 気に障る is milder, more about irritation or hurt feelings.
腹が立つ describes general anger at anything, while 癪に障る singles out a specific action or trait that feels personally grating.
Show 5 more 腹が立つ is a casual expression for personal annoyance, whereas 憤る is used for moral outrage or public anger.
腹が立つ is the common spoken expression for getting angry, whereas 立腹 is a more literary, written equivalent.
腹が立つ is the everyday phrase for getting angry with no nuance of suppression, whereas 中っ腹 stresses that the anger stays bottled up.
Written forms 腹はら が 立た つ
腹はら がたつ
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; common in informal writing.
Etymology Literally 'stomach stands up', an idiomatic expression where 腹 (stomach/belly) represents the seat of emotions, and 立つ (stand) suggests rising anger. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it is a common metaphor in Japanese for anger.
むし
の
居い
所どころ
が
悪わる
い
N2
腹が立つ describes the specific feeling of getting angry at something, while 虫の居所が悪い describes a general touchy, irritable state that isn't tied to one cause.
腹が立つ is a common idiom meaning 'to feel angry', similar in tone to 頭にくる but centers the emotion in the stomach rather than the head.
