怒る
おこる
hepburn okoru
to get angry
Part of speech · godan-verb
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 父はめったに怒りません。My father rarely gets angry.
- 約束を破ったので、友達が怒っています。My friend is angry because I broke a promise.
Collocations
怒っているすぐ怒る本気で怒る怒らないで怒られる
Mnemonic
怒る okoru — kanji 怒 (anger) + the godan ending る. To get angry. The progressive 怒っている expresses the state of "being angry." Its passive 怒られる (okorareru) means "to be scolded" — extremely common in conversation. Read as いかる, the same kanji is more literary.
Quick check
What does 怒られる mean?