いやらしい

also: やらしい

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

いやらしい · i-adjective

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	いやらしい	いやらしくない
Polite	いやらしいです	いやらしくないですalso いやらしくありません
Past polite	いやらしかったです	いやらしくなかったですalso いやらしくありませんでした
Past	いやらしかった	いやらしくなかった
Te-form	いやらしくて	いやらしくなくて
Adverbial	いやらしく
Conditional	いやらしければ	いやらしくなければ
Tara conditional	いやらしかったら	いやらしくなかったら

Meanings

usually written using kana alone

Describes something that feels off-putting, uncomfortable, or gives a bad impression; can refer to behavior, atmosphere, or a person's manner.

usually written using kana alone

Refers to sexually suggestive or indecent behavior, remarks, or attitudes; often carries a negative moral judgment.

いやらしい目めで見みるto look at someone with a lewd or leering gaze
電でん車しゃで知しらない男おとこにいやらしい目めで見みられた。
A stranger on the train looked at me with a lewd gaze.
いやらしい笑わらい方かたan unpleasant or creepy way of laughing/smiling
彼かれはいやらしい笑わらい方かたをする人ひとだ。
He has a creepy, unpleasant way of smiling.
いやらしいことを言いうto say something lewd or suggestive
上じょう司しがいやらしいことを言いってきて困こまった。
My boss said something lewd and it made me uncomfortable.
〈人ひと〉に嫌いやらしいことをするto do something lewd or inappropriate to someone
満まん員いん電でん車しゃでいやらしいことをする人ひとがいる。
There are people who do lewd things on crowded trains.

不ふ快かいN1sense 1
不快 is a formal word for unpleasant or uncomfortable, often used for physical sensations, while 嫌らしい carries a stronger personal, moral judgment about someone's behavior.
エロい sense 2
エロい is a casual word for erotic or sexy that can be neutral or even positive, while 嫌らしい implies lewdness with a creepy, negative connotation.
下げ品ひんN3sense 1
下品 means vulgar or crude in manner or taste, whereas 嫌らしい specifically evokes a creepy or distasteful impression, often with sexual undertones.
わいせつ sense 2
猥褻 is a formal, often legal term for obscenity, while 嫌らしい is a everyday adjective describing behavior or looks that feel lewd or creepy.

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嫌いや味みN2sense 1
嫌味 refers to a sarcastic or snide remark that irritates people, while 嫌らしい describes a broader unpleasant impression from behavior or attitude.
淫みだら
いやらしい describes a person's creepy or distasteful lewdness, while 淫ら more directly labels an act or content as sexually indecent.

スケベ sense 2
スケベ is slang for a lecherous person or trait, while 嫌らしい is an adjective describing an action, look, or atmosphere as lewd or unpleasant.

いやらしいUsage90%
Usually written in kana; the kanji forms 嫌らしい and 厭らしい are less common.
イヤラシイUsage6%
嫌らしいUsage4%
- いやらしい
  Kanji form using 嫌 (dislike); recognizable but less frequent than kana.
- やらしい
厭らしい
- いやらしい
  Rare kanji form using 厭; mainly found in older texts.
- やらしい
やらしい
Colloquial contracted form, mainly used in casual speech.

Derived from the adjective 嫌 (iya, 'unpleasant') with the suffix らしい (-rashii, 'seeming'). The contracted form やらしい is a colloquial reduction.