腹が立つ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
腹	立
はら Grade: 6	た Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Literally "[one's] stomach stands up."

Verb

腹(はら)が立(た)つ • (hara ga tatsu) godan (stem 腹(はら)が立(た)ち (hara ga tachi), past 腹(はら)が立(た)った (hara ga tatta))

1. (idiomatic) get angry, take offence

   Synonyms: むかつく, 頭に来る, 癪に障る, 癇に障る, 気に障る

Usage notes

• This phrase has a syntactical subject 腹. Thus the semantic subject is usually indefinite or implied. Otherwise, the semantic subject can be introduced as an absolute topic with は/も, or as the possessor of the syntactical subject with の. Also, the subject marker が may be omitted, giving 腹立つ, or when the phrase is used attributively, may be replaced by の, giving 腹の立つ.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "腹が立つ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	腹が立た	はらがたた	hara ga tata
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	腹が立ち	はらがたち	hara ga tachi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	腹が立つ	はらがたつ	hara ga tatsu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	腹が立つ	はらがたつ	hara ga tatsu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	腹が立て	はらがたて	hara ga tate
Meireikei ("imperative")	腹が立て	はらがたて	hara ga tate
Key constructions
Passive	腹が立たれる	はらがたたれる	hara ga tatareru
Causative	腹が立たせる 腹が立たす	はらがたたせる はらがたたす	hara ga tataseru hara ga tatasu
Potential	腹が立てる	はらがたてる	hara ga tateru
Volitional	腹が立とう	はらがたとう	hara ga tatō
Negative	腹が立たない	はらがたたない	hara ga tatanai
Negative continuative	腹が立たず	はらがたたず	hara ga tatazu
Formal	腹が立ちます	はらがたちます	hara ga tachimasu
Perfective	腹が立った	はらがたった	hara ga tatta
Conjunctive	腹が立って	はらがたって	hara ga tatte
Hypothetical conditional	腹が立てば	はらがたてば	hara ga tateba

Derived terms

• 腹(はら)立(だ)たしい (haradatashii)

References

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN