How to say "frustrating" in Japanese

• 悔しいくやしいJLPT N2approx.Common
  i-adjectiveCovers the inwardly frustrated feeling over a failure, humiliation or injustice — being bitterly disappointed or chagrined that things turned out badly, typically for oneself.
  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.
• 歯がゆいはがゆいCommon
  i-adjectiveLiterally 'making one's teeth itch'; the frustrated, impatient irritation of watching a situation or person dawdle or fall short when the outcome matters to you. Often frustrating to an onlooker.

Use 「悔しい」 for the frustrating feeling of a personal failure, humiliation or injustice, and 「歯がゆい」 for impatience and irritation at a frustrating situation, person, or slow progress.

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• 悔しいくやしいfrustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice)
• 歯がゆいはがゆい(feeling) impatient
• もどかしいirritating
• 苛立たしいいらだたしいirritating
• うざっこいjumbled up
• じれったいirritating
• 口惜しいくちおしいfrustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice)
• 気持ち悪いきもちわるいuncomfortable
• 気持ちが悪いきもちがわるいuncomfortable