嫌い

• 読み: きらい
• ローマ字: kirai
• 漢字の分解: 嫌 (kira/ken/iya) — dislike, hate, disagreeable
• 発音: /ki.ɾa.i/

意味

Disliked; hated; to not like. Expresses a strong negative preference for something.

A na-adjective and noun expressing dislike. Grammatically, the thing disliked is marked with が: 野菜が嫌いです (I dislike vegetables). Stronger than 好きじゃない (don not like) but used commonly in everyday speech without sounding overly harsh. The noun form 嫌い can also mean 'dislike' as in 食わず嫌い (disliking something without trying it).

例文

1. 弟は野菜が嫌いです。
2. 嫌いな食べ物はありますか。
3. 勉強が嫌いではありません。

使い方ガイド

場面: preferences, food, daily life

トーン: negative

起源と歴史

Derived from the verb 嫌う (kirau, to dislike/hate). The kanji 嫌 combines 女 (woman) and 兼 (simultaneously), though the etymological connection is debated. The word has been in use since the Heian period.

文化的背景

時代: Heian

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal