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嫌気がさす (いやけがさす) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
expression, godan verb (-su)
get fed up with ; be sick of ; be tired of
Expresses a feeling of disgust or weariness toward something, often implying a loss of interest or motivation. Commonly used with に or で to indicate the cause.
さし
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I got fed up with his selfishness.
Written forms 嫌いや 気け がさす
Standard kanji spelling for the expression.
嫌いや 気け が 差さ す
Variant using 差す; less common but acceptable.
Kanji 差 distinction, difference, variation Similar words うんざりする うんざりする is a more colloquial and emphatic way to express being fed up, often with a nuance of boredom or annoyance, while 嫌気がさす is slightly more formal and focuses on disgust or aversion.
飽あ きる 飽きる means to get bored or tired of something due to repetition or lack of novelty, without the strong negative emotional charge of 嫌気がさす.
Etymology Compound of 嫌気 (disgust, aversion) and さす (to arise, to occur). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the expression has been used since at least the Edo period to describe a feeling of disgust welling up.
