嫌う

Japanese
Kanji in this term
嫌
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Verb

嫌う (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana きらう, rōmaji kirau)

  1. to hate; to dislike
    彼 (かれ)は田舎 (いなか)の陋 (ろう)習 (しゅう)を嫌 (きら)う。
    Kare wa inaka no rōshū o kirau.
    He hates provincial abuses.
    家 (か)具 (ぐ)は湿 (しっ)気 (け)を嫌 (きら)う。
    Kagu wa shikke o kirau.
    Furniture is incompatible with moisture.

Conjugation
Conjugation of "嫌う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 嫌わ きらわ kirawa
Continuative (連用形) 嫌い きらい kirai
Terminal (終止形) 嫌う きらう kirau
Attributive (連体形) 嫌う きらう kirau
Hypothetical (仮定形) 嫌え きらえ kirae
Imperative (命令形) 嫌え きらえ kirae
Key constructions
Passive 嫌われる きらわれる kirawareru
Causative 嫌わせる
嫌わす		 きらわせる
きらわす		 kirawaseru
kirawasu
Potential 嫌える きらえる kiraeru
Volitional 嫌おう きらおう kiraō
Negative 嫌わない きらわない kirawanai
Negative continuative 嫌わず きらわず kirawazu
Formal 嫌います きらいます kiraimasu
Perfective 嫌った きらった kiratta
Conjunctive 嫌って きらって kiratte
Hypothetical conditional 嫌えば きらえば kiraeba

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References
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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