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    3. 八つ当たり

    八つ当たり

    八やつ​当あた​り​

    venting one's anger (on someone or something)

    KMT9News #36+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab15 strokes

    八つ当りやつ当たり八つあたり

    やつあたり

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    venting one's anger (on someone or something), taking out one's anger on

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    彼かれはストレスで八やつ当あたりをした。

    He took out his stress on others.

    KMT7Emotions & Psychology
    疲つかれているからといって、人ひとに八やつ当あたりするのはやめなさい。

    Just because you're tired, don't take your anger out on people.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    自じ分ぶんの不ふ満まんを他た人にんに八やつ当あたりするのではなく、冷れい静せいに対たい処しょすべきだ。

    Instead of taking out your frustrations on others, you should deal with them calmly.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychology
    感かん情じょうのコントロールができないと、つい家か族ぞくに八やつ当あたりしてしまうことがある。

    If I can't control my emotions, I sometimes end up taking it out on my family.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    仕し事ごとで嫌いやなことがあったからといって、ペットに八やつ当あたりするのは間ま違ちがっている。

    It's wrong to take out your work frustrations on your pet.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyWork & CareerAnimals

    Characters that make up this word

    八
    や・や.つ・やっ.つ・よう…(7)
    eight・eight radical (no. 12)
    Kanji
    当
    あ.たる・あ.たり・あ.てる・あ.て・まさ.に・まさ.にべし…(2)
    hit・right・appropriate・himself
    Kanji
    つ
    tsu
    Kana
    た
    ta
    Kana
    り
    ri
    Kana
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