Getting angry
Idioms, Stage 1chunk 8 of 21Feelings & temper
Shades of anger, from mild dislike and disgust to snapping; a natural six.
- hara ga tatsuget angry, be annoyedliterally “the belly stands up”
- atama ni kuruget mad, be furiousliterally “it comes to the head”
- ki ni kuwanaidon't like, rubs you the wrong wayliterally “the mind won't eat it”
- katto narusnap, lose one's temperliterally “go 'flare'”
- munakuso waruisickening, leaves you disgustedliterally “chest-shit bad”
- kachin to kurube irritated (by a remark)literally “comes with a clink”
Mix-ups katto naru vs kachin to kuru (both sound words: snap vs stung by a remark); hara ga tatsu vs atama ni kuru (belly vs head for the same anger).
hara ga tatsu
polite hara ga tachimasu
“the belly stands up”
get angry, be annoyed
The anger you feel inside about a person or thing. In casual speech ga drops (maji hara tatsu). Okoru is showing anger or telling someone off, and hara o tateru is the 'get angry over it' form, heard mostly in sonna koto de hara o tateru na (don't get angry over that).
Plain alternatives: mukatsuku, iraira suru.
nanka jibun ni hara tatsu.
I'm kind of mad at myself.
なんか自分に腹立つ。
jibun ni hara ga tachimashita.
I was angry with myself.
自分に腹が立ちました。
Written 腹が立つ · はらがたつHeard 294× in 3.17 million lines of film and TV subtitlesLearn alongside atama ni kuru, katto naru, munakuso warui, kachin to kuruMain list okoru (Stage 3)
atama ni kuru
polite atama ni kimasu
“it comes to the head”
get mad, be furious
Mostly an outburst about what someone did: atama kita! or honto atama kuru. It's stronger and more sudden than hara ga tatsu. Not 'go to one's head' (getting conceited is choushi ni noru).
Plain one-word alternative: mukatsuku.
ano hito no taido, maji atama kuru.
That person's attitude really pisses me off.
あの人の態度、マジ頭来る。
ano taido ni wa atama ni kimashita.
That attitude made me really angry.
あの態度には頭に来ました。
Written 頭に来る · あたまにくるHeard 90× in 3.17 million lines of film and TV subtitlesLearn alongside hara ga tatsu, katto naru, munakuso warui, kachin to kuruMain list kuru (Stage 1)
ki ni kuwanai
“the mind won't eat it”
don't like, rubs you the wrong way
In English: rub someone the wrong way
Blunt dislike of a person or how they act, often vague with nanka or doumo: aitsu, nanka ki ni kuwanai. You'll also hear nani ga ki ni kuwanai n da? (what's your problem with it?). The softer form is ki ni iranai, and the plain word is kirai.
Softer: ki ni iranai; plain word: kirai.
aitsu, nanka ki ni kuwanai na.
Something about that guy rubs me the wrong way.
あいつ、なんか気に食わないな。
Written 気に食わない · きにくわないHeard 84× in 3.17 million lines of film and TV subtitlesLearn alongside ki o waruku suru (Stage 3), ki ni sawaru (Stage 3)Main list kirai (Stage 2), iya (Stage 2)
katto naru
polite katto narimasu
“go 'flare'”
snap, lose one's temper
In English: fly off the handle
A sudden flash of anger that makes you act without thinking. You'll mostly hear it in the apology tsui katto natte (I just snapped). It's short-lived, unlike the lingering hara ga tatsu.
Plain slang alternative: kireru (snap).
gomen, tsui katto natchatta.
Sorry, I just snapped.
ごめん、ついカッとなっちゃった。
sumimasen, tsui katto natte shimaimashita.
I'm sorry, I lost my temper.
すみません、ついカッとなってしまいました。
Written カッとなる · かっとなるHeard 38× in 3.17 million lines of film and TV subtitlesLearn alongside hara ga tatsu, atama ni kuru, munakuso warui, kachin to kuruMain list naru (Stage 1), -chau (Stage 1)
munakuso warui
“chest-shit bad”
sickening, leaves you disgusted
A rough reaction to a nasty story, an unfair ending or a bully: munakuso warui hanashi da na. Kimochi warui is gut-level 'gross, creepy'; munakuso warui is moral disgust at something unfair or cruel.
Slang short form: munakuso.
ano nyuusu, maji de munakuso warui.
That news is seriously sickening.
あのニュース、マジで胸くそ悪い。
Written 胸くそ悪い · むなくそわるいHeard 29× in 3.17 million lines of film and TV subtitlesLearn alongside hara ga tatsu, atama ni kuru, katto naru, kachin to kuruMain list warui (Stage 1), maji de (Stage 4)
kachin to kuru
polite kachin to kimasu
“comes with a clink”
be irritated (by a remark)
The sharp flash of irritation at a remark or tone, mostly in the past: ima no, chotto kachin to kita. It's milder than atama ni kuru, and it's set off by words rather than events.
ima no iikata, chotto kachin to kita.
The way you just said that kind of got to me.
今の言い方、ちょっとカチンときた。
ano iikata ni wa chotto kachin to kimashita.
The way he put it rubbed me up the wrong way.
あの言い方にはちょっとカチンときました。
Written カチンとくる · かちんとくるHeard 4× in 3.17 million lines of film and TV subtitlesLearn alongside hara ga tatsu, atama ni kuru, katto naru, munakuso waruiMain list kuru (Stage 1)