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Secondary schoolJLPT N1

dislike, detest, hate

13 strokes · frequency rank #1207

On
ケン、ゲン
Kun
きら.う、きら.い、いや

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Common words

  1. いやdisliking; not wanting; unwilling (to do); reluctant1
    • I don't like his way of talking.

    • This egg has a bad smell.

    • No!

  2. きらいdisliking; hating; detesting2
    • Jim tends to go too far.

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

    • I don't like any of them.

  3. きらうto hate; to dislike; to loathe; to abhor3
    • She detests speaking in public.

    • Nature abhors a vacuum.

    • She was down on her husband.

  4. けんおdisgust; hate; repugnance; loathing4
    • Bad treatment fanned his dislike to hate.

    • The judge made no bones about his disgust with the accused's actions and handed down the severest sentence possible.

  5. いやきdislike; disgust; disinclination; tired of5
  6. けんぎsuspicion (of having committed a crime, wrongdoing)6
    • He is under suspicion of theft.

    • He fell under the suspicion of the police.

    • This is the man who's suspected by the police.

  7. きげんhumour; humor; temper; mood7
    • He is chary of offending people.

    • He is in an angry mood.

    • He is hard to please.

  8. じょうきげんgood humour (humor); good mood8
    • The child got on an airplane in good mood.

    • He was in good spirits.

    • I was in good spirits.

  9. ふきげんpout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour9
    • He is cross because she always comes late.

    • She was in a bad temper.

    • He is a bit of a grouch in the morning.

  10. だいきらいhating; strongly disliking10
    • Compromise is abhorrent to me.

    • I can't stand reptiles.

    • He has an abhorrence of snakes.

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