Moto 嫌: Dislike; Detest; HateKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ケン、ゲン
- Kun'yomi
- きら(う)、きら(い)、いや
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 148 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ケン・ゲン)
- 機嫌きげんhumour; humor
- 上機嫌じょうきげんgood humour (humor); good mood
- 嫌疑けんぎsuspicion
- 嫌悪けんおdisgust; hate
- 不機嫌ふきげんpout; displeasure
- 嫌悪感けんおかんunpleasant feelings (e.g. hatred, disgust, revulsion, fear)
- 自己嫌悪じこけんおself-hatred; self-abhorrence
- いっぱい機嫌いっぱいきげんslight intoxication
- ご機嫌ごきげんhumour; humor
- ご機嫌いかがですかごきげんいかがですかHow are you?
- ご機嫌ななめごきげんななめin a bad temper; cranky
- ご機嫌ようごきげんようhow do you do?; nice to meet you
- ご機嫌伺いごきげんうかがいcourtesy call; courtesy visit
- ご機嫌取りごきげんとりcurrying favour; being anxious to please
- ご機嫌斜めごきげんななめin a bad temper; cranky
- ご機嫌麗しいごきげんうるわしいin good humor (humour)
- 作り機嫌つくりきげんfeigning good feeling
- 偏性嫌気性菌へんせいけんきせいきんobligate anaerobe; strict anaerobe
- 同属嫌悪どうぞくけんおdisliking people similar to oneself
- 同性愛嫌悪どうせいあいけんおhomophobia
- 同族嫌悪どうぞくけんおdisliking people similar to oneself
- 外国人嫌悪がいこくじんけんおxenophobia
- 女性嫌悪じょせいけんおmisogyny
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 嫌いやdisagreeable; detestable
- 嫌いきらいdisliked; hated
- 嫌がらせいやがらせharassment; pestering
- 嫌気いやきdislike; disgust
- 嫌うきらうto hate; to dislike
- 大嫌いだいきらいdetestable; abhorrent
- 好き嫌いすききらいlikes and dislikes; pickiness (about food)
- 嫌がるいやがるto hate; to dislike
- 嫌らしいいやらしいunpleasant; disagreeable
- 食わず嫌いくわずぎらいdisliking a certain food without having tried it
- 交際嫌いこうさいぎらいunsociable; introverted
- 人嫌いひとぎらいmisanthropy; misanthrope
- 人間嫌いにんげんぎらいmisanthropy; misanthropist
- 内嫌いうちぎらいperson who dislikes staying at home
- 写真嫌いしゃしんぎらいcameraphobia; dislike of having one's photograph taken
- 出すことは舌を出すも嫌いだすことはしたをだすもきらいbeing exceptionally stingy
- 出す事は舌を出すも嫌いだすことはしたをだすもきらいbeing exceptionally stingy
- 出嫌いでぎらいstay-at-home; shut-in
- 出物腫れ物所嫌わずでものはれものところきらわずwhen you've got to go, you've got to go; farts and boils aren't choosy about where (or when) to appear
- 外出嫌いがいしゅつぎらいhomebody
- 外嫌いそとぎらいshut-in; recluse
- 女嫌いおんなぎらいmisogyny; woman-hater
- 好きでも嫌いでもすきでもきらいでもlike it or not; like or not like
- 嫌いがあるきらいがあるto have a tendency to; to be liable to
- 嫌いなくきらいなくwithout discrimination; indiscriminate
- 嫌い箸きらいばしthings prohibited by chopstick etiquette
- 嫌が上にいやがうえにeven more; all the more
- 嫌が上にもいやがうえにもall the more
- 嫌が応でもいやがおうでもwhether one likes it or not; whether willing or not
- 嫌が応にもいやがおうにもwhether one likes it or not; whether willing or not
- 嫌けがさすいやけがさすto be tired of; to be sick of
- 嫌けが差すいやけがさすto be tired of; to be sick of
- 嫌というほどいやというほど(more than) enough; too much
Other readings
- ご機嫌伺ごきげんうかがいcourtesy call; courtesy visit
- 一杯機嫌いっぱいきげんslight intoxication
- 嫌々いやいやunwillingly; grudgingly
- 嫌々期イヤイヤきterrible twos (developmental stage in toddlers)
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