いらいら

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
苛々
刺々
苛苛
刺刺

Etymology

Reduplication of 刺 (ira, “thorn”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

いらいら or イライラ • (iraira) 

  1. irritatedly
  2. having an unpleasant feeling like that caused by thorns pricking one's skin repeatedly
    • 1906, 夏目漱石, 草枕‎, 青空文庫:
      刺(とげ)に手(て)を触(ふ)れて見(み)ると、いらいらと指(ゆび)をさす。
      Toge ni te o furete miru to, iraira to yubi o sasu.
      When I touched its thorns with my hand, they pricked my fingers.
  3. describes the intense stimulation caused by light or heat: blistering

Usage notes

Often used with と (to).

Verb

いらいらする or イライラする • (iraira suru) suru (stem いらいらし (irairasuru shi), past いらいらした (irairasuru shita))

  1. to be irritated
    そんないらいらするなよ。
    Sonna iraira suru na yo.
    Don't get so worked up.
  2. to have an unpleasant feeling like that caused by thorns pricking one's skin repeatedly
  3. (of light or heat) to cause intense stimulation: blaze, beat down

Conjugation

Conjugation of "いらいらする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") いらいらし iraira shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") いらいらし iraira shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") いらいらする iraira suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") いらいらする iraira suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") いらいらすれ iraira sure
Meireikei ("imperative") いらいらせよ¹
いらいらしろ² 		iraira seyo¹
iraira shiro²
Key constructions
Passive いらいらされる iraira sareru
Causative いらいらさせる
いらいらさす 		iraira saseru
iraira sasu
Potential いらいらできる iraira dekiru
Volitional いらいらしよう iraira shiyō
Negative いらいらしない iraira shinai
Negative continuative いらいらせず iraira sezu
Formal いらいらします iraira shimasu
Perfective いらいらした iraira shita
Conjunctive いらいらして iraira shite
Hypothetical conditional いらいらすれば iraira sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Noun

いらいら or イライラ • (iraira) 

  1. irritation, frustration
    • 1931, 猪狩満直, 炭坑長屋物語‎, 青空文庫:
      まわらぬ舌(した)を無(む)理(り)にまわして
      妻(つま)に胸(むね)のいらいらをぶちまけていた
      mawaranu shita o muri ni mawashite
      tsuma ni mune no iraira o buchimakete ita
      He was venting his frustration at his wife, forcing words out through slurred speech
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