きらい

N5

嫌い

[kirai]

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Meanings

1.Adj-naNoun

disliked; hated; disagreeable

2.Noun

tendency; smack (of); touch (of)

3.Noun

distinction; discrimination

Other Readings

「嫌い」 has another reading with different meanings.

嫌い（ぎらい）
dislike; hatred; fear

Related Words

好き（すき）antonym
liking; being fond of; to one's liking; to one's taste; preferred; favourite
きらいがあるsee also
to have a tendency to; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of

Examples

野菜が嫌いな子どもは多い。

Many children dislike vegetables.

嫌いだった食べ物が大人になると好きになった。

Food I used to dislike became things I liked as an adult.

彼のことが嫌いなわけじゃないんだけど。

It's not that I dislike him or anything.