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嫌がる
いやがる
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reluctant, to dislike
Iyagaru is 嫌 (iya, “despised”) plus がる (-garu, “to act like”).
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Written with 嫌
In a sentence
彼は急げと言われるのをいやがる。
He hates being told to hurry up.
歌が下手なので彼は人前で歌うのをいやがる。
A poor singer, he doesn't like to sing in public.
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What Wiktionary says
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- “Compound of 嫌 (iya, “despised”) + がる (-garu, “to act like”)”
Source: Wiktionary: 嫌がる (dump of 2026-09-02), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Reading, meaning and part of speech from JMdict, and kanji readings from KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG).
What the labels mean
- 和語 Native Japanese
- Words that were already Japanese before Chinese vocabulary arrived — usually written with kun'yomi and often short.
- Compound
- Two or more words or stems joined into one.