To Get Irritated
To Get Annoyed, To Grow Impatient
intransitive verb, する verb
Double frustration would cause anyone to get irritated, to get annoyed, or to grow impatient.
いらいらする
This isn’t the reading you learned with the kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you:
You don’t just get irritated, you get ira-ira-tated (いらいら). That's the next level up from irritated.
This word is often written in katakana or hiragana, but you'll sometimes see it in kanji too, so it's worth knowing!
あの人、いつも苛々しているね。
That person is always irritated, huh?
運転しながら苛々しないでよ。
Don't get impatient while you're driving.
私だって苛々したくてしてる訳じゃないよ。
It's not like I’m trying to get annoyed.