嫌い

Meanings

1. disliking; hating; detesting
2. tendency; smack (of); touch (of)
3. distinction; discrimination

Part of speech: na-adjective, noun

Kanji

• 嫌

  Meanings

  dislike, detest, hate

  On reading

  ケン、ゲン

  Kun reading

  きら.う、きら.い、いや

  Strokes

  13

Example sentences

• 「あなたは仕事が気に入っていると思います」「いやそれどころか、嫌いです」

  "I think you like your job." "On the contrary, I hate it."

  Tatoeba #237276 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• ジムくんは行き過ぎの嫌いがある。

  Jim tends to go too far.

  Tatoeba #76676 · CC BY 2.0 FR