Illustration: During classroom cleaning at a Japanese primary school, a child pushes a damp cloth across the floor with one hand while supporting their head in the other. Their shoulders sag, lips protrude, and eyes follow classmates already heading toward the playground beyond the window.

いやいや

iyaiya

reluctantly, unwillingly

Example sentences

その命令めいれいに嫌々いやいや従したがう兵へいもいた。
Some soldiers were reluctant to obey the commands.
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私はそれを嫌々引き受けた。
I unwillingly undertook it.
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彼女かのじょは嫌々いやいやながらヒロシと結婚けっこんした。
She married Hiroshi against her will.
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