怒っていますか？
okotte imasu ka?
In Japanese, "are you angry?" is said as 怒っていますか？ (okotte imasu ka?)
The phrase is used to ask about a person's current emotional state or a visible mood.
Which one should you use?
While 怒っていますか？ is a standard polite way to ask the question, you can use 怒ってる？ for a common, casual version in daily conversation. For a casual version that adds emphasis, you can use 怒ってるの？ or 怒ってんの？
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
The most formal way to ask this is あなたは怒っていらっしゃいますか？ The standard polite form is 怒っていますか？ For casual situations, you can use 怒ってる？, 怒ってるの？ or 怒ってんの？
How does it change in a sentence?
The plain form 怒っている can be used instead of 怒っていますか？ when speaking to friends or family. If you remove the particle か from the end of 怒っていますか？, it changes from a question into a polite statement: 怒っています (You are angry).
How do you pronounce it?
okotte imasu ka?
Did you know?
- When someone is very angry, they might use the phrase 腹が立つ meaning 'the stomach stands up', which treats anger as a physical sensation in the gut.
- In Japanese culture, anger is often expressed through shizuka na ikari or 'quiet anger', where a person becomes unusually polite and formal rather than shouting.
- Japanese has a specific term pukupuku to describe the 'pouting' kind of anger, which is a softer, more childish version of the emotion in 怒っていますか？
Examples in context
- 怒ってるの？何か悪いことでもあったの？Are you angry? Did something bad happen?
- 怒ってる？どうしたの？Are you angry? What's wrong?
- 何か理由があって怒っていますか？Nanika riyuu ga atte okotte imasu ka?Are you angry for some reason?
- もしかして、怒っていますか？Moshikashite, okotte imasu ka?Are you perhaps angry?
Example conversation
Hiroto asks Misaki if she is upset because she is being very quiet.
- 大翔 Hiroto美咲、もしかして怒っていますか？Misaki, moshikashite okotte imasu ka?Misaki, are you perhaps angry?
- 美咲 Misakiいいえ、怒っていませんよ。Iie, okotte imasen yo.No, I am not angry.
- 大翔 Hiroto顔色が悪いので心配でした。Kaoiro ga warui node shinpai deshita.I was worried because you looked unwell.
- 美咲 Misaki大丈夫です、少し疲れているだけです。Daijoubu desu, sukoshi tsukarete iru dake desu.I'm fine, I'm just a little tired.
