怒り

いかり · ikari · JLPT N3 · noun

anger

🌋 ikari sounds like I carry: anger is the grudge you carry around

The kanji 怒 stacks 奴 (servant) over 心 (heart): a servant's heart, full of resentment. Verb form: 怒る (okoru), to get angry. Note that いかり written 錨 means anchor, and anger weighs you down like one.

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