JLPT N4 · Onomatopoeia

いらいら

irritated

Stroke order of いらいら

4 characters, 8 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

い · 2 strokes ら · 2 strokes い · 2 strokes ら · 2 strokes

Memory trick

IRA-IRA — 'irritating': the word nearly is irritated.

Parts: adverb; with する; impatient annoyance

The characters in いらいら

いい — i (2 strokes)
らら — ra (2 strokes)
いい — i (2 strokes)
らら — ra (2 strokes)

Example sentence

バスが来なくてイライラします。

ばすがこなくていらいらします。

I get irritated when the bus doesn't come.

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