JLPT N2 · Verb

嫌がる (iyagaru)

嫌がる (いやがる, iyagaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: いやがる
Romaji: iyagaru
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

彼は急げと言われるのをいやがる。

He hates being told to hurry up.

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

Conjugation of 嫌がる

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	嫌がる	いやがる iyagaru
Polite (~masu)	嫌がります	いやがります iyagarimasu
Negative	嫌がらない	いやがらない iyagaranai
Polite negative	嫌がりません	いやがりません iyagarimasen
Past	嫌がった	いやがった iyagatta
Polite past	嫌がりました	いやがりました iyagarimashita
Negative past	嫌がらなかった	いやがらなかった iyagaranakatta
Te-form	嫌がって	いやがって iyagatte
Potential	嫌がれる	いやがれる iyagareru
Passive	嫌がられる	いやがられる iyagarareru
Causative	嫌がらせる	いやがらせる iyagaraseru
Volitional	嫌がろう	いやがろう iyagarou
Imperative	嫌がれ	いやがれ iyagare
Conditional (~ba)	嫌がれば	いやがれば iyagareba

Kanji in 嫌がる

嫌

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

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 嫌がる.

嫌いやdisliking嫌いきらいdisliking機嫌きげんhumour嫌うきらうto hate好き嫌いすききらいlikes and dislikes嫌々いやいやunwillingly

Source: JMdict entry 1609260 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.