苛立つ
いらだつ
to be irritated; to get frustrated
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Examples
渋滞で彼は苛立っていた。
じゅうたいでかれはいらだっていた。
He was getting irritated in the traffic jam.
返事が来ないので苛立ってきた。
へんじがこないのでいらだってきた。
No reply came, and I started to get frustrated.
彼女は小さなことにもすぐ苛立つ。
かのじょはちいさなことにもすぐいらだつ。
She gets annoyed at the smallest things.
Common patterns
- 苛立ちを覚える
- to feel irritation
- 態度に苛立つ
- to be annoyed at someone's attitude
- 苛立ちを隠す
- to hide one's irritation
Memory tip
苛立つ belongs to written Japanese; in conversation people say イライラする. It is simmering irritation, a step below 怒る, which is full-blown anger.
Kanji in this word
- 苛Not in the N5–N1 kanji lists
- 立standリツ・た.つ・た.てる
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