いや

• 読み: いや
• ローマ字: iya
• 発音: /i.ja/

意味

Disliking; unwilling; reluctant. Expresses aversion or refusal.

A na-adjective expressing dislike, unwillingness, or displeasure. The kanji form 嫌 exists but hiragana いや is common in casual use. As a na-adjective, it takes な before nouns (いやなこと = unpleasant thing) and uses じゃない for negation. Often used with が or だ: 勉強がいやだ (I don't want to study). Also appears in the emphatic いやだ! (No way! / I don't want to!).

例文

1. 宿題をするのがいやです。
2. いやな天気ですね。
3. いやだと言ってもやらなければなりません。

使い方ガイド

場面: emotions, refusal, daily life

トーン: negative

起源と歴史

The kanji 嫌 combines the woman radical (女) with 兼 (combine/double), originally suggesting a feeling of discomfort or aversion. Used since classical Japanese to express displeasure.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal