嫌味

• 読み: いやみ
• ローマ字: iyami
• 漢字の分解: 嫌 (iya/ken) — dislike, unpleasant; 味 (mi) — taste, flavour
• 発音: /i.ja.mi/

意味

Sarcasm; snide remark; nastiness. Also: disagreeableness or unpleasantness of manner.

A noun and na-adjective referring to passive-aggressive comments or an unpleasant quality about someone's behaviour. 嫌味を言う (to make snide remarks) is the most common usage. Can also describe a quality that makes someone off-putting — 嫌味な人 (a disagreeable person). Distinct from direct insults; 嫌味 implies subtlety and indirect nastiness.

例文

1. 上司に嫌味を言われて落ち込んだ。
2. 彼女の嫌味な言い方が気になる。
3. 嫌味のない素直な性格が好かれる理由だ。

使い方ガイド

場面: interpersonal conflict, workplace, gossip, personality description

トーン: negative

起源と歴史

From 嫌 (iya, dislike/unpleasant) + 味 (mi, taste/flavour). Literally 'unpleasant taste' — something that leaves a bad taste, metaphorically an unpleasant or sarcastic quality.

文化的背景

時代: Edo period

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal