Meaning

Primary

Hate

Alternatives

Really Hate, Detestable

Word Type

noun, な adjective

Explanation

Remember how 嫌い is to dislike? When that dislike is big, you really dislike it. That means you hate (or really hate) it.

As with 嫌い, a more literal translation is detestable.

Reading

だいきらい
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading is the reading for , and the reading for 嫌い is like the one you learned with 嫌い in level 20.

Context

Context Sentences

大嫌いな食べ物は何ですか。

What food do you really hate?

世の中には、トーフグのことが大嫌いな人もいるらしい。

I heard that there are some people in the world who hate Tofugu.

コウイチはあなたのことが大嫌いなので、彼に代わってビエトがお会いします。

Mr. Viet will meet with you instead of Mr. Koichi because Mr. Koichi really hates you.

Kanji Composition