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Meaning of 嫌い(きらい) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 嫌い JLPT 5

Kana Reading きらい

Romaji kirai

Parts of speech

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

dislike; hate

Example sentence

化学が嫌いだ。 I hate chemistry.
Parts of speech

suffix

Meaning

suspicion; tendency; smack (of)

Example sentence

いびつな野菜はお嫌いですか？ Do you hate misshapen vegetables?

Examples of 嫌い, きらい in a sentence

化学が嫌いだ。

I hate chemistry.
いびつな野菜はお嫌いですか？

Do you hate misshapen vegetables?
ジムくんは行き過ぎの嫌いがある。

Jim tends to go too far.
率直に言って、彼が嫌いだ。

To speak frankly I don't like him.
率直に言えば、私は彼が嫌いです。

Frankly speaking, I hate him.
卵は嫌いです。

I don't care for eggs.

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Kanji in this word

嫌 JLPT 1

13 strokes

dislike, detest, hate

On'Yomi: ケン, ゲン

Kun'Yomi: きら.う, きら.い, いや

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