JLPT N5 · な-adjective

嫌い (kirai)

嫌い (きらい, kirai) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “disliking; hating”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: きらい
Romaji: kirai
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

disliking; hating; detesting · な-adjective, noun
tendency; smack (of); touch (of) · noun · usually written in kana · as ...の～がある; with neg. nuance
distinction; discrimination · noun · usually written in kana

Example sentences

「あなたは仕事が気に入っていると思います」「いやそれどころか、嫌いです」

"I think you like your job." "On the contrary, I hate it."

Tatoeba #237276

ジムくんは行き過ぎの嫌いがある。

Jim tends to go too far.

Tatoeba #76676

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

Conjugation of 嫌い

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	嫌いだ	きらいだ kiraida
Present (polite)	嫌いです	きらいです kiraidesu
Negative	嫌いじゃない	きらいじゃない kiraijanai
Past	嫌いだった	きらいだった kiraidatta
Negative past	嫌いじゃなかった	きらいじゃなかった kiraijanakatta
Te-form	嫌いで	きらいで kiraide
Before a noun	嫌いな	きらいな kiraina
Adverb (~ni)	嫌いに	きらいに kiraini

Kanji in 嫌い

嫌

dislike, detest, hateケン・ゲン・きら.う・きら.い · 13 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 嫌い.

嫌いやdisliking機嫌きげんhumour嫌うきらうto hate嫌がるいやがるto appear uncomfortable (with)好き嫌いすききらいlikes and dislikes嫌々いやいやunwillingly

Source: JMdict entry 1257240 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.