～が嫌い【～がきらい】

きらい嫌いです after a noun and が means "I don't like it", and it sounds blunter than that English. It works exactly as すき好き does: a な-adjective, with が on the thing and です at the end. だいきらい大嫌い is stronger again: "hate".

A question adds か.

嫌い is not an い-adjective

嫌い ends in い, and learners conjugate it as an い-adjective. It is a な-adjective, like きれい, so its negative is きらい嫌いではありません or きらい嫌いじゃないです, its past is きらい嫌いでした, and it takes な before a noun.

• × 嫌くないです → 嫌いではありません
• × 嫌かったです → 嫌いでした
• × 嫌い食べ物 → 嫌いな食べ物

As with 好き, the thing you dislike takes が, not を.

• × 魚を嫌いです → 魚が嫌いです

Usage notes

These go beyond saying you dislike a thing.

Saying it more gently

嫌いです is blunt. About food you are offered or about a person, the softer choice is the negative of 好き, usually with あまり (not very).

The negative of 嫌い goes the other way. It says you have nothing against something, which is less than liking it.

Disliking doing something

For an activity, put the verb in its dictionary form and add の before が. こと can replace の and sounds a little more formal.