Illustration: In a family's entrance hall, an adult opens a child's sports bag and immediately leans away from the damp socks inside. Their nose wrinkles, shoulders pull back, and one hand rises palm outward in unmistakable aversion. They hold the bag at the greatest possible distance with the other hand.

JLPT N5na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

嫌いや

iya

unwilling, not wanting

嫌だ often means “I don’t want to.” Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれの話はなし方かたが嫌いやなの。

    I don’t like his way of talking.

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  2. 一人ひとりはいやだ。

    I dislike being alone.

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  3. 待まつのは嫌いやだ。

    I don’t like waiting.

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Kanji in 嫌

  • 嫌dislike; detestOnケン・ゲンKunきらう・きらい・いや

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