腹(はら)を立(た)てる

はらをたてる
expression
to get angry; to take offense
idiomemotion
1. to get angry at; to take offense; to lose one's temper
The transitive counterpart of 腹(はら)が立(た)つ: to become angry at something, presented as the person's own reaction; literally 'to raise the belly.' The cause is marked with に: 冗談(じょうだん)に腹(はら)を立(た)てる.
彼(かれ)は私(わたし)の冗談(じょうだん)に腹(はら)を立(た)てた。
He got angry at my joke.
そんな小(ちい)さなことで腹(はら)を立(た)てるなよ。
Don't get worked up over something so small.
店員(てんいん)の態度(たいど)に腹(はら)を立(た)てた客(きゃく)が、大声(おおごえ)で文句(もんく)を言(い)い始(はじ)めた。
A customer who had taken offense at the clerk's attitude began complaining loudly.

Literally 'to set up one's belly.' Compared with 腹(はら)が立(た)つ, where the anger rises by itself, 腹(はら)を立(た)てる presents the anger as the person's own reaction, so it is the form used to tell someone not to get angry.

Common patterns

  • 〜に腹(はら)を立(た)てる: to get angry at ~
  • 腹(はら)を立(た)てるな: don't get angry
  • 腹(はら)を立(た)てている: to be angry (state)

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Related Words

Pair verb: 腹(はら)が立(た)つ (to get angry (intransitive))
Related: 怒(おこ)る (to get angry)
Related: 頭(あたま)に来(く)る (to lose one's temper)
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Added 2026.9.10 0:45 · Revised 2026.9.10 0:54
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