厭う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
いと
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese (いと) (itofu).

Pronunciation

Verb

(いと) • (itou) いとふ (itofu)?transitive godan (stem (いと) (itoi), past (いと)った (itotta))

  1. (literary) to hate; to dislike
    Synonym: 嫌う (kirau)
    Antonyms: 好む (konomu), 愛でる (mederu)
    この(さっ)()(うき)()(いと)(けい)(こう)()ている。
    Kono sakka wa ukiyo o itou keikō o motte iru.
    This writer tends to hate the troublesome world.
  2. (chiefly in the negative) to hesitate to do

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References

  1. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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