嫌々 (いやいや): reluctantly, by no means, unwillingly — Japanese vocabulary
嫌々 is read いやいや and means "reluctantly, by no means, unwillingly". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
嫌々
- Reading
- いやいや · iyaiya
- Translation
- reluctantly, by no means, unwillingly
- Level
- JLPT N1
- Pitch accent
- いやいやが
Example
その命令に嫌々従う兵もいた。
そのめいれいにいやいやしたがうへいもいた。
Some soldiers were reluctant to obey the commands.
Kanji in this word
- 嫌 — dislike, hate
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