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気に食わない · i-adjective

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	気きに食くわない	気きに食くわなくない
Polite	気きに食くわないです	気きに食くわなくないですalso 気きに食くわなくありません
Past polite	気きに食くわなかったです	気きに食くわなくなかったですalso 気きに食くわなくありませんでした
Past	気きに食くわなかった	気きに食くわなくなかった
Te-form	気きに食くわなくて	気きに食くわなくなくて
Adverbial	気きに食くわなく
Conditional	気きに食くわなければ	気きに食くわなくなければ
Tara conditional	気きに食くわなかったら	気きに食くわなくなかったら

Meanings

expression, i-adjective

displeased with; can't stand; rubs one the wrong way

Expresses a strong personal dislike or irritation toward someone or something. Often used when something doesn't sit right with you emotionally.

彼かれの態たい度どがどうも気きに食くわない。
His attitude really rubs me the wrong way.
あの店みせのサービスは気きに食くわなかった。
I wasn't happy with the service at that shop.

Kanji

気spirit, mind, air
食eat, food
喰eat, drink, receive (a blow)

Related words

癪しゃくに障さわるN1
癪に障る expresses a sharp, nerve-grating annoyance, while 気に食わない is a broader feeling of displeasure or dislike.
虫むしが好すかないN1
虫が好かない describes an instinctive, hard-to-explain dislike of a person, whereas 気に食わない can apply to things or situations as well as people.
気きに障さわるN1
気に障る means something offends or irritates you, close to 気に食わない but often used for a single remark or action rather than a general dislike.

Opposites

気きに入いるN3
気に入る means to like or be pleased with something, the opposite of 気に食わない, which means to be displeased with it.

Written forms

気きに食くわない
Standard kanji spelling for this expression.
気きにくわない
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; common in everyday writing.
気きに喰くわない
Uses the less common kanji 喰 for くう; may be encountered but is not standard.

Etymology

The expression combines 気 (spirit/mind) with 食う (to eat) in a negative potential form, literally 'cannot eat to one's spirit', i.e., something is so disagreeable that one cannot stomach it.