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Is there any difference in meaning between using [苛々 ]{いらいら} or [刺々 ]{いらいら} to
indicate annoyance?
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[苛々 ]{いらいら} versus [刺々 ]{いらいら}
Almost nothing but the latter possibly reminds readers of the real 刺【とげ】
"thorn", or another reading of the kanji: 刺々【とげとげ】 "barbed".

Although いらいら came from an old word
[いら](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/15334/meaning/m0u/%E3%81%84%E3%82%89/)
that means "thorn", it's almost always written as 苛々 when merely means
"annoyed; irritated". (But maybe more prevalent in katakana イライラ nowadays.)
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刺々 is read とげとげ and 苛々 and 刺々 are usually written in hiragana or katakana.

いらいら means "disconcertedness, stew,and distraction etc" and it shows a one's
emotion like so, for example, 私は、彼の無礼な態度にイライラした(I was stabby for his rude
attitude.)

とげ means spine and とげとげ means "acridly", for example, 彼の態度はトゲトゲしている(His
attitude is acrid).
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