八つ当たり

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1

Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
八つ當たり (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

  • ()(あた) (yatsuatari)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) つあたり [yàtsúátárí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) つあたり [yàtsúáꜜtàrì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ja̠t͡sɨᵝa̠ta̠ɾʲi]

Noun

()()たり • (yatsuatari) 

  1. unleashing one's anger and/or displeasure on other unrelated people

Verb

()()たりする • (yatsuatari suru) suru (stem ()()たり (yatsuatari shi), past ()()たりした (yatsuatari shita))

  1. to unleash one's anger and/or displeasure on other unrelated people

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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