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JAPANESE VERB

いらいら する

to get irritated

  • #234 most used
  • する verb

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI get irritated
NegativeI don’t get irritated

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI got irritated
NegativeI didn’t get irritated

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formgetting irritated, and…
Doing now (て います)I am getting irritated
Please (て ください)please get irritated

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can get irritated
NegativeI can’t get irritated

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to get irritated
NegativeI don’t want to get irritated

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s get irritated

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I get irritated
  2. If, when (たら) if I get irritated

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) get irritated (do it)
  2. Plain command get irritated!
  3. Please don’t please don’t get irritated

Passive and causative

受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am gotten irritated
CausativeI make someone get irritated

How to use いらいら する

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present and future

    みち が こんで いる と、 いらいら します。

    I get irritated when the roads are jammed.

  2. Past

    へんじ が こなくて、 いちにち じゅう いらいら した。

    No reply came and I was on edge all day.

  3. Te-form

    けんた は ゆうべ から、 なにか に いらいら して いる。

    Kenta has been irritated about something since last night.

  4. Potential

    いらいら して、 ひと の はなし が きけなかった。

    I was irritated and couldn't listen to what people were saying.

  5. Want to

    いらいら したくない の に、 こども が いう こと を きかない。

    I don't want to get irritated, but the kids won't listen.

  6. Volitional

    いらいら しないで、 おちついて まとう。

    Let's not get irritated; let's wait calmly.

  7. Conditional

    いらいら したら、 すこし さんぽ に いきます。

    When I get irritated, I go for a short walk.

  8. Commands and requests

    そんな に いらいら しないで。 すぐ に なおる から。

    Don't get so worked up. It'll be fixed soon.

  9. Passive and causative

    おそい インターネット が、 みんな を いらいら させて いる。

    The slow internet is getting on everyone's nerves.

Good to know

  • いらいら is the sound of fraying nerves; what gets on them takes に: おそい でんしゃ に いらいら する.
  • Irritation isn't planned, so the potential and volitional sentences show いらいら する beside another verb.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: する verb.