JLPT N5 · な-adjective

嫌 (iya)

嫌 (いや, iya) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “disliking; not wanting”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: いや
Romaji: iya
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

disliking; not wanting; unwilling (to do); reluctant · な-adjective
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; horrible; disgusting · な-adjective
no!; quit it!; stop! · interjection · usually written in kana

Example sentences

彼の話し方が嫌なの。

I don't like his way of talking.

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この卵は嫌な匂いがする。

This egg has a bad smell.

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

Conjugation of 嫌

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	嫌だ	いやだ iyada
Present (polite)	嫌です	いやです iyadesu
Negative	嫌じゃない	いやじゃない iyajanai
Past	嫌だった	いやだった iyadatta
Negative past	嫌じゃなかった	いやじゃなかった iyajanakatta
Te-form	嫌で	いやで iyade
Before a noun	嫌な	いやな iyana
Adverb (~ni)	嫌に	いやに iyani

Kanji in 嫌

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.

嫌いきらい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 1587610 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.