Japanese symbol for “aggravate”
荒立てる
あらだてる
Romaji: aradateru
to aggravate (a situation); to complicate matters; to stir things up; to make a scene
In Japanese, aggravate is 荒立てる, read あらだてる (aradateru).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- v1, vt to aggravate (a situation); to complicate matters; to stir things up; to make a scene
- v1, vt to roughen (waves, voice, feelings, etc.); to agitate
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “aggravate”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 咎める | とがめる togameru | to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated; to get inflamed |
| 拗らせる | こじらせる kojiraseru | to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse |
| アグラベイト | アグラベイト agurabeito | aggravate |
| 拗らす | こじらす kojirasu | to make worse (e.g. disease); to aggravate; to complicate |
| 角を立てる | かどをたてる kadootateru | to worsen (the situation); to exacerbate; to aggravate |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 荒野 | こうや kouya | wasteland; wilderness; deserted land |
| 荒れる | あれる areru | to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea) |
| 荒木 | あらき araki | logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber |
| 荒れ | あれ are | stormy weather; tempest; chaps (of skin) |
| 荒らす | あらす arasu | to lay waste; to devastate; to damage |
| 荒い | あらい arai | rough; wild; violent |
| 立場 | たちば tachiba | position; situation |
| 独立 | どくりつ dokuritsu | independence; self-reliance; supporting oneself |
See also: Chinese symbol for “aggravate”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.