嫌気(いやけ)

Forms

嫌(いや) (unpleasant, disagreeable) + 気(け) (feeling, sense)

Key pattern

Almost always used with がさす: 嫌気(いやけ)がさす (to become disgusted with, to grow tired of). The pattern ～に嫌気(いやけ)がさす means "to get fed up with ~."

Usage

Stronger than 飽(あ)きる (to get bored of). 嫌気(いやけ) implies not just loss of interest but active aversion or revulsion toward something that has become intolerable.
Do not confuse with 嫌気性(けんきせい) (anaerobic), where the reading is けんき.

Common collocations

• 嫌気(いやけ)がさす: to get fed up, to feel disgusted
• ～に嫌気(いやけ)がさす: to grow tired of ~
• 嫌気(いやけ)がさして: being fed up (as a reason)