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いやいや

N1
iyaiya
  1. unwillingly
  2. grudgingly
  3. shaking head in refusal (to children)
noun

Also written 嫌々、厭々

Chinese meanings

不情愿地

Chinese notes

嫌々表示不情愿地做某事,不等于口头的“不是不是”。

Examples

  • その命令に嫌々従う兵もいた。
    Some soldiers were reluctant to obey the commands.
    有些士兵不情愿地服从了那个命令。
  • 彼かの女じょは嫌いや々いやながらヒロシと結けっ婚こんした。
    She married Hiroshi against her will.
    她不情愿地嫁给了浩志。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('2b1903712a'); // いやいや
{
  "id": "2b1903712a",
  "word": "いやいや",
  "reading": "いやいや",
  "romaji": "iyaiya",
  "meanings": [
    "unwillingly",
    "grudgingly",
    "shaking head in refusal (to children)"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1587620,
  "other_forms": [
    "嫌々",
    "厭々"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "その命令に嫌々従う兵もいた。",
      "en": "Some soldiers were reluctant to obey the commands.",
      "tatoeba_id": 206570
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼女は嫌々ながらヒロシと結婚した。",
      "furigana": "{彼女|かのじょ}は{嫌々|いやいや}ながらヒロシと{結婚|けっこん}した。",
      "en": "She married Hiroshi against her will.",
      "tatoeba_id": 90258
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "59c1103e7db74bb124e14761b85676d18815908aa8b5894ecb1bc29109752da6",
    "meanings": [
      "不情愿地"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "その命令に嫌々従う兵もいた。",
        "zh": "有些士兵不情愿地服从了那个命令。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼女は嫌々ながらヒロシと結婚した。",
        "zh": "她不情愿地嫁给了浩志。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/2b1903712a",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1587620; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "e1e2a9b34f756d93e4b0c61003514b22ed0e7f74ebdb181ae5d5e5bf2c8945db",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "notes": "嫌々表示不情愿地做某事,不等于口头的“不是不是”。"
  }
}