嫌いや気き

also: いやけ · けんき

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嫌気する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	嫌いや気きする	嫌いや気きしない
Polite	嫌いや気きします	嫌いや気きしません
Past polite	嫌いや気きしました	嫌いや気きしませんでした
Past	嫌いや気きした	嫌いや気きしなかった
Te-form	嫌いや気きして	嫌いや気きしないで
Desire	嫌いや気きしたい	嫌いや気きしたくない
Potential	嫌いや気きできる	嫌いや気きできない
Passive	嫌いや気きされる	嫌いや気きされない
Causative	嫌いや気きさせる	嫌いや気きさせない
Causative passive	嫌いや気きさせられる	嫌いや気きさせられない
Volitional	嫌いや気きしよう
Polite volitional	嫌いや気きしましょう
Imperative	嫌いや気きしろ	嫌いや気きするな
Conditional	嫌いや気きすれば	嫌いや気きしなければ
Tara conditional	嫌いや気きしたら	嫌いや気きしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', transitive verb

dislike; disgust; aversion; being fed up

A feeling of strong dislike, disgust, or weariness toward something. Often used in the phrase 嫌気がさす (to become disgusted/fed up).

彼かれの無む責せき任にんな態たい度どに嫌いや気きがさした。
I got fed up with his irresponsible attitude.
毎まい日にち同おなじ作さ業ぎょうの繰くり返かえしで、嫌いや気きがさしてきた。
Doing the same task every day, I've started to feel disgusted.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に嫌いや気きがさすto become fed up with / disgusted by something
毎まい日にちの残ざん業ぎょうに嫌いや気きがさした。
I got sick and tired of the daily overtime.
〈事こと〉に嫌いや気きを感かんじるto feel disgust or weariness toward something
彼かれの態たい度どに嫌いや気きを感かんじた。
I felt disgusted by his attitude.

Kanji

嫌dislike, detest, hate
気spirit, mind, air

Related words

嫌けん悪おN1
嫌悪 is a stronger, more formal word for disgust or revulsion, while 嫌気 is a milder, everyday feeling of being fed up or tired of something.
うんざりN2
うんざり is a colloquial adverb/する-verb for being fed up, often about minor repeated annoyances, while 嫌気 (esp. in 嫌気がさす) is a noun describing the feeling itself, often in more serious situations.
辟へき易えきN1
嫌気 is a noun describing a feeling of distaste or reluctance toward something, while 辟易 describes the active reaction of being fed up or overwhelmed by it.

Don't confuse with

嫌いや味みN2
嫌味 means a sarcastic or nasty remark, whereas 嫌気 is the internal feeling of being disgusted or fed up; both share the kanji 嫌 but refer to different things.

Built from

嫌いや+気き

Written forms

嫌気Usage98%
- いやき
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading いやき is the most common modern pronunciation.
- いやけ
  Alternate reading; less common than いやき but still encountered.
- けんき
  Rare on'yomi reading; mostly found in older or formal contexts.
いやけUsage2%
けんき

Etymology

Compound of 嫌 (iya, 'disagreeable') + 気 (ki, 'feeling, spirit'). The reading いやき is a straightforward combination; いやけ is a variant with rendaku-like voicing, and けんき is the on'yomi reading.