嫌らしい

• 読み: いやらしい
• ローマ字: iyarashii
• 漢字の分解: 嫌 (iya/ken) — dislike, unpleasant
• 発音: /i.ja.ɾa.ɕiː/

意味

Unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty. Also carries connotations of being lewd or indecent.

An i-adjective with two distinct senses. The first is broadly negative — describing something repulsive, slimy, or off-putting in character (嫌らしい性格). The second, very common colloquially, means suggestive, lewd, or perverted (嫌らしい目で見る). Context determines which meaning applies. The word is considered quite direct and potentially offensive.

例文

1. あの人は嫌らしい笑い方をする。
2. 嫌らしい質問ばかりして相手を困らせた。
3. 虫が嫌らしい動きをしていて気持ち悪かった。

使い方ガイド

場面: criticism, disgust, character description, colloquial speech

トーン: negative

起源と歴史

From 嫌 (iya, dislike/unpleasant) + らしい (rashii, -like/seeming). Literally 'seeming unpleasant' — having the quality of being disagreeable or repulsive.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal