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ブチ切れ (ぶちぎれ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ブチ切ぎれ

also: ぶちきれ

ぶ

ち

ぎ

れ

Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

blowing one's top; losing it; flipping out

colloquial

Colloquial noun/suru-verb for suddenly becoming extremely angry or losing control. Often used in casual speech.

あの先せん生せいはすぐブチ切ぎれするから怖こわい。
That teacher blows his top easily, so he's scary.
彼かれのブチ切ぎ

れ

っぷり

は

すごかっ

た

。

His flipping out was incredible.

Written forms

ブチ切れ
- ぶちぎれ
  Standard colloquial spelling with katakana emphasis on ブチ and kanji 切れ.
- ぶちきれ
ブチギレUsage86%
search-only kana form
All-katakana spelling for emphasis or slangy feel.
ぶち切れUsage14%
- ぶちぎれ
  Hiragana variant of the same spelling; less common but still used.
- ぶちきれ
ぶちきれ
Alternate reading without rendaku; rarely used.

Kanji

切cut, cutoff, be sharp

Similar words

切きれる
The base verb meaning 'to snap' or 'to lose one's temper'; ブチ切れ is an intensified colloquial noun form.
激げき怒ど
A more formal noun meaning 'rage' or 'fury', while ブチ切れ is slangy and vivid.

Etymology

From the verb ぶち切れる (buchi-kireru), an intensified form of 切れる (kireru, 'to snap, lose one's temper'), with the prefix ぶち- adding force. The exact origin of ぶち- is uncertain, but it is a common colloquial intensifier.