～が嫌い【 ～がきらい】

The structure ～が嫌いです is used to express disliking or **having an aversion to something or someone. It attaches to nouns or verbs (converted to a nominal form with の or こと) to indicate what someone dislikes or finds unpleasant.

_Note that です in this expression is the polite copula. It can be omitted in casual speech or conjugated (e.g., to the negative form)._

Attach の or こと after the plain form of verbs to express that you dislike an action.

To express strong dislike, you can use 大嫌い (really hate):

For stronger emotions, you can also use とても (very) to intensify the dislike:

Conjugated Forms

• Negative Form: To say you do not "dislike" something (implying neutral or positive feelings), replace です with ではありません or じゃないです (or only じゃない in casual speech).

• Question Form: Use 嫌いですか？ (or 嫌い？ in casual speech) to ask if someone dislikes something.