adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, noun

  1. disagreeable, detestable, unpleasant, reluctant.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
いや
いや
 
厭や いや
 
 
イヤ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

dislike, detest, hate
いや きら.う ケン (9th, N1)
woman, female
ジョ おんな め (1st, N5)
concurrently, and, beforehand
ケン か.ねる かね (7th, N1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
snout, hand
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)