Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 に 嫌いや がらせをする to harass someone
He was harassing his coworker.
嫌いや がらせを 受う ける to be subjected to harassment
She is being harassed by a neighbor.
嫌いや がらせの 電でん 話わ a harassing phone call
A harassing phone call came in the middle of the night.
嫌いや がらせを 繰く り 返かえ す to repeatedly harass
He repeated the harassment many times.
Kanji 厭 get tired of, satiate, bore Related words いじめ is bullying, often systematic and involving physical or psychological abuse, while 嫌がらせ covers a broader range of annoying or troublesome acts that may be one-off.
迷惑 describes a nuisance or trouble that is often caused unintentionally, whereas 嫌がらせ specifically implies deliberate intent to annoy or harm.
迫害 refers to serious, often systematic persecution (e.g. of a group), while 嫌がらせ can be smaller-scale, individual acts of harassment.
パワーハラスメント (often shortened パワハラ ) is workplace harassment specifically abusing a position of power, whereas 嫌がらせ is the general term for any harassing behavior.
嫌がらせ implies deliberate, malicious harassment aimed at a specific person, while 迷惑行為 can include unintentional or impersonal nuisance in public.
Written forms 嫌いや がらせ Usage 73%
Standard kanji spelling; commonly used in news and everyday contexts.
いやがらせ Usage 23%
Kana spelling is common in informal writing and when the kanji is not needed.
厭いや がらせ Usage 2%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
イヤガラセ Usage 1%
イヤがらせ Usage <1%
Etymology The nominal stem of 嫌がらせる , the causative form of 嫌がる , “to show dislike or reluctance”; it denotes conduct that causes another person distress or annoyance.
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