嫌う

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 嫌う. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 嫌う, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 嫌う in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 嫌う you have here. The definition of the word 嫌う will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of嫌う, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
きら
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[1]

Listed in the Daijiten as being cognate with 切る (kiru, to cut),[2] perhaps via (fu, repetitive verb suffix). However, Samuel Martin thinks this is unlikely.[3]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「嫌う
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
嫌う らう
Imperative (命令形) 嫌え らえ
Key constructions
Passive 嫌われる らわれる
Causative 嫌わせる らわせる
Potential 嫌える らえる
Volitional 嫌おう らお
Negative 嫌わない らわない
Negative perfective 嫌わなかった らわなかった
Formal 嫌います らいま
Perfective 嫌った らった
Conjunctive 嫌って らって
Hypothetical conditional 嫌えば らえ

Verb

(きら) (kirautransitive godan (stem (きら) (kirai), past (きら)った (kiratta))

  1. to hate; to dislike
    (かれ)田舎(いなか)(ろう)(しゅう)(きら)
    Kare wa inaka no rōshū o kirau.
    He hates provincial abuses.
    ()()湿(しっ)()(きら)
    Kagu wa shikke o kirau.
    Furniture is incompatible with moisture.

Conjugation

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. ^ ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ Samuel E. Martin (1987) The Japanese Language Through Time, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN