Word Meaning 嫌味

いやみ iyami

嫌味 is read as いやみ (iyami) and means cutting remark.

Meaning

English

  1. cutting remark
  2. disagreeable remark
  3. snide comment
  4. sarcastic comment
  5. disagreeableness
  6. unpleasantness
  7. nastiness
  8. offensiveness

Reading

Kana

いやみ

Romaji

iyami

Writing Variants

  • 厭味 いやみ iyami
  • 嫌み いやみ iyami

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 105282 Priority Q

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

嫌味を言う

いやみをいう

to make snide remarks

いや

no!

嫌気

いやき

dislike

嫌い

きらい

distinction

嫌悪

けんお

disgust

嫌う

きらう

to hate

嫌がる

いやがる

to appear uncomfortable (with)

嫌疑

けんぎ

suspicion

嫌がらせ

いやがらせ

harassment

嫌悪感

けんおかん

(feeling of) hatred

嫌気生物

けんきせいぶつ

anaerobe

嫌気性

けんきせい

anaerobic

Example Sentences

3

This sentence has a sarcastic tone.

Ending up with being called a "measles exporting country" by the rest of the world, something that you could take as insult or truth.

You were always a perfect 'superhuman' to an infuriating extent, and so that 'habit' was actually one of your cute, or rather charming, attributes.