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嫌 (いや): disagreeable, detestable, unpleasant — Japanese vocabulary

嫌 is read いや and means "disagreeable, detestable, unpleasant". JLPT N5 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

嫌

Reading
いや · iya
Translation
disagreeable, detestable, unpleasant
Level
JLPT N5
Pitch accent
いやが

Example

雨の日は嫌です。

あめのひはいやです。

I don't like rainy days.

Kanji in this word

  • 嫌 — dislike, hate

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