嫌々
いやいや
Also written イヤイヤ, 嫌嫌, 厭々, 厭厭
Meanings
- Adverb unwillingly; reluctantly; grudgingly
- Noun shaking one's head in refusal (like a child) (usu. as 〜(を)する)
Kanji
- 嫌 dislike. Read as いや.
Example sentences
- その命令に嫌々従う兵もいた。
Some soldiers were reluctant to obey the commands. - 彼女は嫌々ながらヒロシと結婚した。
She married Hiroshi against her will. - マリアね、嫌々結婚したのよ。
Maria married unwillingly. - ２〜３歳の時のイヤイヤ期は、子どもが自立する上で通らなければならない段階なんです。
The terrible two's is a stage that children between ages two and three must pass in order to become independent.