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嫌: disagreeable, detestable | JLPT N5 Vocabulary | JLPTMatome

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嫌

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嫌(いや)

いや

disagreeable, detestable

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Reading and meaning Adjective forms Example sentences Kanji in this lesson

Reading and meaning

Reading: いや
Romaji: iya
Meaning: disagreeable, detestable
Word type: na adjective

Adjective forms

Present: 嫌(いや)です
Present negative: 嫌(いや)ではありません
Past: 嫌(いや)でした
Past negative: 嫌(いや)ではありませんでした
Before a noun: 嫌(いや)な
Connective: 嫌(いや)で
Adverbial: 嫌(いや)に
Ba conditional: 嫌(いや)ならば
Nara conditional: 嫌(いや)なら
嫌(いや)ならば
Tara conditional: 嫌(いや)でしたら
Appearance: 嫌(いや)そうです
Change of state: 嫌(いや)になります
Excess: 嫌(いや)すぎます
Nominalized: 嫌(いや)なの

Present: 嫌(いや)だ
Present negative: 嫌(いや)じゃない
嫌(いや)ではない
Past: 嫌(いや)だった
Past negative: 嫌(いや)じゃなかった
嫌(いや)ではなかった
Before a noun: 嫌(いや)な
Connective: 嫌(いや)で
Adverbial: 嫌(いや)に
Ba conditional: 嫌(いや)ならば
Nara conditional: 嫌(いや)なら
嫌(いや)ならば
Tara conditional: 嫌(いや)だったら
Appearance: 嫌(いや)そうだ
Change of state: 嫌(いや)になる
Excess: 嫌(いや)すぎる
Nominalized: 嫌(いや)なの

Example sentences

FuriganaEnglish

雨(あめ)の日(ひ)は嫌(いや)です。
I dislike rainy days.
嫌(いや)な音(おと)が聞(き)こえます。
I hear an unpleasant sound.
この仕事(しごと)は嫌(いや)です。
I dislike this job.
一人(ひとり)で寝(ね)るのは嫌(いや)です。
I dislike sleeping alone.

Kanji in this lesson

嫌dislike, detest, hateJLPT N3

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