Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 嫌


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Meaning

dislike, hate, detest, aversion

Pronunciation

KEN, GEN
kirau/i, iya

Explanation

Left: woman , right: combine, concurrently (A hand ナ/ヨ holds two rice plants : combined or concurrently)

Mnemonic

(She wants a monogamous partnership:) If women do it in combination, she dislikes it.

Radicals

woman(The stroke order is: "Ku-no-ichi" = く , which also stands for a female ninja. )
concurrently, combine(A hand holding two rice plants concurrently.)
hand(Several characters are used for hand: ,ナ, , ,ヨ,)
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Vocabulary

忌み嫌う いみきらう to detest, to abhor, to loathe
好き嫌い すききらい likes and dislikes, taste
いや disagreeable, detestable, unpleasant, reluctant
嫌い きらい dislike, hate
嫌う きらう to hate, to dislike, to loathe
嫌がる いやがる to hate, to dislike
機嫌 きげん humour, temper, mood

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