How to say "angry" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 憤然ふんぜんtaru-adjective, adverb (with と)Covers intense, indignant anger — wrath or rage at something felt to be wrong. Fits describing a person's furious, morally outraged state, as at injustice or insult.
- prenominal modifierSimply the English word 'angry' rendered in katakana. It is rarely used and seldom the word you want; for expressing anger, Japanese normally relies on its own vocabulary.
- 憤ろしいいきどおろしいi-adjectiveA formal or literary word for something that provokes fierce indignation — infuriating, maddening, exasperating. It describes the infuriating thing rather than the angry person, so it is seldom how you say you are angry.
- 胸が悪いむねがわるいexpression, i-adjectiveLiterally a bad feeling in the chest, it covers queasy, visceral irritation — feeling sickened or put off by something — rather than outright anger; suits reactions to conduct you find sickening.
- 憮然ぶぜんtaru-adjective, adverb (with と)Indignant anger of a sullen, brooding kind — resentment that shows as gloom and silence rather than outburst. Suits describing someone sitting dispirited over a wrong done to them.
Choose 憤然 for intense, indignant wrath, 「憤ろしい」 for something infuriating, 憮然 for sullen resentment, 「胸が悪い」 for queasy irritation; 「アングリー」 is a rarely used borrowing of the English word.
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