Word details

食わず嫌い

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 食わず嫌い.

Dictionary

Entry

食わず嫌いわずぎらいNoun~な Adj.Expression~する VerbFreq #57214
1

disliking a certain food without having tried it

Examples
チキンは食べられない、というけど、単なる食わず嫌いじゃないの。
You can't eat chicken? How do you know if you never try it?
2

disliking something without having tried it; being prejudiced against; having an instinctive aversion to

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

eat, food

9 strokesFrequency 328JLPT N4Grade 2

On

ショクジキ

Kun

く.うく.らうた.べるは.む

Nanori

ぐい

dislike, detest, hate

13 strokesFrequency 1,207JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ケンゲン

Kun

きら.うきら.いいや

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