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JLPT N1adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

カッと

katto

suddenly losing one’s temper

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれはすぐにカッとなる。

    He loses his temper easily.

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  2. ついかっとなったことが恥はずかしい。

    I feel ashamed of having lost my temper.

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  3. 彼女かのじょの言葉ことばにかっときた。

    Her words made me mad.

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