いやいや
N1 iyaiya
- unwillingly
- grudgingly
- 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。
- 彼女は嫌々ながらヒロシと結婚した。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”。"
}
}