How to say "annoyed" in Japanese

• 悔しいくやしいJLPT N2approx.Common
  i-adjectiveCovers the 'annoyed' feeling that blends with frustration, chagrin or bitter disappointment — reacting to a failure, humiliation or perceived injustice. Typical when you are annoyed at losing or being wronged and cannot let it go.
  監督かんとくはチームをトーナメント優勝ゆうしょうに今一いまいち歩あゆみという所ところまでもっていったのに悔くやしいことだった。↗

  It was annoying, as the manager took his team to a near-miss in the tournament.
• 口惜しいくちおしい
  i-adjectiveShares the same senses — frustration over failure, humiliation or injustice, annoyance, chagrin — but it is a less common, dated term. For 'annoyed' in this emotional sense, 悔しい is normally the word to reach for.

For the sense of 'annoyed' tied to frustration over failure, humiliation or injustice, use 「悔しい」; 「口惜しい」 expresses the same feeling but is a dated, less common alternative.

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• 悔しいくやしいfrustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice)
• 口惜しいくちおしいfrustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice)