怒りを遷す

怒りを遷す

Japanese

Kanji in this term
怒	遷
いか Grade: S	うつ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 不遷怒, equivalent to 怒る (ikaru, “to anger”) +‎ を (o) +‎ 遷す (utsusu, “to transfer”).

Verb

怒(いか)りを遷(うつ)す • (ikari o utsusu) godan (stem 怒(いか)りを遷(うつ)し (ikari o utsushi), past 怒(いか)りを遷(うつ)した (ikari o utsushita))

1. (idiomatic) to lash out, vent one's anger on people who had nothing to do with the source of one's anger

References

• The Kōjien (広辞苑) Dictionary of the Japanese Language, 5th edition, Iwanami Shoten Publishing, Tokyo.