嫌(きら)う

嫌(きら)う is a godan verb meaning to hate or dislike, the verb form of the na-adjective 嫌(きら)い.

Transitivity

• Type: 他動詞(たどうし) (transitive)
• No standard intransitive pair
• Pattern: [noun]を嫌(きら)う

嫌(きら)わない (neg), 嫌(きら)います (polite), 嫌(きら)って (te-form), 嫌(きら)った (past)

Forms

• 嫌(きら)い: dislike (na-adjective) - more common in speech
• 嫌(きら)う: to dislike (verb). For your own dislikes, 〜が嫌(きら)いだ is the usual way to say it; 嫌(きら)う is common for general statements and other people (猫(ねこ)は水(みず)を嫌(きら)う)
• 嫌(きら)われる: to be disliked (passive) - very common

Common patterns

• 〜に嫌(きら)われる: to be disliked by ~
• 〜を嫌(きら)う: to dislike ~
• 嫌(きら)われ者(もの): unpopular person

Similar words

• 苦手(にがて): not good with (mildest)
• 嫌(きら)い/嫌(きら)う: dislike
• 大嫌(だいきら)い: hate
• 憎(にく)む: to hate (strongest)

Related words

• 避(さ)ける: to avoid
• 嫌(いや): unpleasant, disagreeable

ASPECT (ている):

• 嫌(きら)っている: dislikes / hates (ongoing mental state)
• 嫌(きら)われている: is disliked (passive resultative)
• Note: 嫌(きら)う describes a standing emotional attitude, so the ている form is used for "someone dislikes ~," not "is in the process of disliking." In everyday speech, the na-adjective 嫌(きら)い is far more common than the verb (野菜(やさい)が嫌(きら)いだ "I don't like vegetables"); 嫌(きら)っている tends to appear in writing or formal narration.