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Japanese verb嫌い (kirai) Conjugation
嫌い (kirai) means “disliked (I dislike ...)”. It is a な-adjective verb. It is a な-adjective: it takes な before a noun (嫌いな) and だ or です after it, so 嫌いだ, 嫌いでした, 嫌いに. Below is its conjugation in all 14 forms, plain and polite, the same forms the Japanese verb conjugation worksheets print in their answer keys.
- Meaning
- disliked (I dislike ...)
- Type
- な-adjective
- Dictionary form
- 嫌い
- Reading
- きらい
- Romaji
- kirai
- Negative
- 嫌いじゃない
- Past
- 嫌いだった
- Te-form
- 嫌いで
- Adverb
- 嫌いに
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 嫌いだ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 嫌いじゃない / 嫌いではない |
| Polite | 嫌いです |
| Polite negative | 嫌いじゃありません / 嫌いではありません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 嫌いだった |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 嫌いじゃなかった / 嫌いではなかった |
| Polite | 嫌いでした |
| Polite negative | 嫌いじゃありませんでした / 嫌いではありませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 嫌いで |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 嫌いじゃなくて / 嫌いではなくて |
Can and if
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 嫌いなら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 嫌いでなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 嫌いだったら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 嫌いじゃなかったら / 嫌いではなかったら |
Adjectives
Adverb (adjectives)連用形
| Adverb | 嫌いに |
|---|
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- 有名 (yuumei)famous
- 親切 (shinsetsu)kind
- 元気 (genki)healthy, energetic
- 便利 (benri)convenient
- 不便 (fuben)inconvenient
- 好き (suki)liked (I like ...)
- 上手 (jouzu)good at
- 下手 (heta)bad at
- 大丈夫 (daijoubu)all right, OK
- 簡単 (kantan)easy, simple
- 大切 (taisetsu)important, precious
- 大変 (taihen)hard, tough
About these tables
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