嫌い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
きら
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Adjectival noun

(きら) (kirai-na (adnominal (きら) (kirai na), adverbial (きら) (kirai ni))

  1. hateful; detestable; disagreeable
    大都市(だいとし)(きら)です。
    Daitoshi wa kirai desu.
    I hate big cities.
    (ぼく)はコーヒーが(きら)だ。
    Boku wa kōhī ga kirai da.
    I don't like coffee.

Usage notes

The one who dislikes is shown as a topic or just omitted. What is disliked is shown as a subject.

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Noun

(きら) (kirai

  1. (literary) a suspicion, a tendency, to smack of
    ジムくんは()()ぎの(きら)がある。
    Jimu-kun wa ikisugi no kirai ga aru.
    Jim has a tendency of going too far.

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