JLPT N1 · い-adjective

いやらしい (iyarashii)

いやらしい is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “unpleasant; disagreeable”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
いやらしい
Romaji
iyarashii
Word class
い-adjective
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty · い-adjective · usually written in kana
  2. lewd; lascivious; obscene; filthy; dirty · い-adjective · usually written in kana

Example sentences

彼女の厚化粧が嫌らしい。
Her thick makeup is disgusting.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of いやらしい

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Presentいやらしいいやらしい iyarashii
Negativeいやらしくないいやらしくない iyarashikunai
Pastいやらしかったいやらしかった iyarashikatta
Negative pastいやらしくなかったいやらしくなかった iyarashikunakatta
Te-formいやらしくていやらしくて iyarashikute
Adverb (~ku)いやらしくいやらしく iyarashiku
Conditional (~ba)いやらしければいやらしければ iyarashikereba

Source: JMdict entry 1257270 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.