JLPT N4 · Verb

怒る (okoru)

怒る (おこる, okoru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to get angry; to get mad”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
おこる
Romaji
okoru
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level
JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper · godan verb, intransitive
  2. to scold; to tell (someone) off · godan verb, transitive · usu. in the passive

Example sentences

その子は留守番をしなければならないと言って怒っていた。
The boy was cross at having to stay at home.
それをそのままにしておきなさい。そうしないと怒られますよ。
Leave it as it is, or you will be scolded.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 怒る

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary怒るおこる okoru
Polite (~masu)怒りますおこります okorimasu
Negative怒らないおこらない okoranai
Polite negative怒りませんおこりません okorimasen
Past怒ったおこった okotta
Polite past怒りましたおこりました okorimashita
Negative past怒らなかったおこらなかった okoranakatta
Te-form怒っておこって okotte
Potential怒れるおこれる okoreru
Passive怒られるおこられる okorareru
Causative怒らせるおこらせる okoraseru
Volitional怒ろうおころう okorou
Imperative怒れおこれ okore
Conditional (~ba)怒ればおこれば okoreba

Kanji in 怒る

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 怒る.

Source: JMdict entry 1445690 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.