嫌い (kirai) conjugation
dislike
嫌い (きらい, kirai) is a na-adjective. Na-adjectives behave like nouns. The word itself never changes — you conjugate だ/です after it, and you need な to put it in front of a noun.
Conjugation table
| Form | Plain (casual) | Polite (~です) | When you use it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dictionary / plain | 嫌いだ kiraida | 嫌いです kiraidesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 嫌いじゃない kiraijanai | 嫌いじゃないです kiraijanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 嫌いだった kiraidatta | 嫌いでした kiraideshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 嫌いじゃなかった kiraijanakatta | 嫌いじゃなかったです kiraijanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 嫌いで kiraide | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 嫌いに kiraini | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 嫌いな〜 kiraina〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 嫌いなら kirainara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 嫌いだったら kiraidattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 嫌いになる kiraininaru | 嫌いになります kiraininarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 嫌いすぎる kiraisugiru | 嫌いすぎます kiraisugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 嫌いそう kiraisou | 嫌いそうです kiraisoudesu | “looks / seems ~” from appearance. |
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Why it conjugates this way
Na-adjectives behave like nouns. The word itself never changes — you conjugate だ/です after it, and you need な to put it in front of a noun.
See the full rules in the adjective conjugation guide.