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in a bad mood; grumpy; ill-tempered
Describes someone who is visibly in a bad mood, irritable, or displeased. A common everyday expression for describing someone's temporary emotional state.
今日は機嫌が悪い。
I'm in a bad mood today.
上司が機嫌が悪いから、気をつけて。
The boss is in a bad mood, so be careful.
朝から機嫌が悪い父に話しかけるのは怖かった。
I was afraid to talk to my father, who had been grumpy since morning.
機嫌 means mood or temper. This expression describes a temporary state of being irritable or displeased, not a permanent personality trait. It is one of the most common ways to describe someone's bad mood in everyday Japanese.
RELATED EXPRESSIONS:
- 機嫌がいい — in a good mood (the opposite)
- 機嫌を取る — to try to please someone, to humor someone
- 機嫌を直す — to get over a bad mood, to cheer up
- 機嫌を損ねる — to offend someone, to upset someone's mood
- ご機嫌 — mood (polite); also used as a greeting: ご機嫌いかが？
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 不機嫌 — bad mood, displeasure; the na-adjective/noun form (不機嫌な顔)
- イライラする — to be irritated; focuses on the internal frustration
- むっとする — to get sulky/offended; implies a sudden change in mood