JapaneseJLPT
JLPT N5 grammar · Chapter 11

~のが嫌い

Say what you dislike doing

You’ll be able to express activities you dislike or avoid doing using のが嫌い.

Illustration of the scene described by I dislike waking up early in the morning.
Read it first

朝あさ早はやく起おきるのが嫌きらいです。

asa hayaku okiru no ga kirai desu.

What do you think this sentence means?

I dislike waking up early in the morning.

Why it means that

Say which activities you dislike

Use a verb in the dictionary form plus のが嫌きらい to say that you dislike doing an activity. Like 好すき, 嫌きらい is a な-adjective, so the activity takes が (as のが) rather than を.

Example

部屋へやを掃除そうじするのが嫌きらいです。

heya o souji suru no ga kirai desu.

I dislike cleaning my room.

How it is built

Verb dictionary form + のが嫌い

Put the verb in dictionary form, add の to package it as a noun, then mark it with が and follow with 嫌きらい(です).

Verb dictionary form+のが+嫌い(です)
Examples

走はしるのが嫌きらいです。

hashiru no ga kirai desu.

I dislike running.

一人ひとりで待まつのが嫌きらいです。

hitori de matsu no ga kirai desu.

I dislike waiting alone.

皿さらを洗あらうのが嫌きらいです。

sara o arau no ga kirai desu.

I dislike washing dishes.

Examples

私わたしは朝あさ早くはやく起きるおきるのが嫌いきらいです。

watashi wa asa hayaku okiru no ga kirai desu.

I dislike getting up early in the morning.

妹いもうとはピーマンを食べるたべるのが嫌いきらいです。

imouto wa piiman o taberu no ga kirai desu.

My younger sister dislikes eating green peppers.

父ちちは雨あめの日ひに運転うんてんするのが嫌いきらいです。

chichi wa ame no hi ni unten suru no ga kirai desu.

My father dislikes driving on rainy days.

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