Vocab Info

N1 Expression

食(く)わず嫌(ぎら)いdisliking a certain food without having tried it, disliking something without having tried it, prejudiced against, aversion without even trying

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Expression

      1. 1.

        disliking a certain food without having tried it

      2. 2.

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

    All Forms

    食わず嫌い 【くわずぎらい】、食わずぎらい 【くわずぎらい】

    Details

      • く

      • わ

      • ず

      • ぎ

      • ら

      • い

    • Frequency

      Anime Top 45,200

    Examples

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    • 食(く)わず嫌(ぎら)いは勿体(もったい)無(な)いです。

      Disliking something without having tried it is a waste.

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    • 食(く)わず嫌(ぎら)いでパソコンを嫌(いや)がる老人(ろうじん)が沢山(たくさん)います。

      There are many elderly people who have an aversion to computers without having tried them.

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    • 娘(むすめ)はコーンが嫌(きら)いだと言(い)っているが、食(く)わず嫌(ぎら)いだろう。

      My daughter says she dislikes corn, but it's probably just a case of disliking it without even trying it.

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    • 久(ひさ)しぶりに苺(いちご)を食(た)べたら美味(おい)しかった。苺(いちご)嫌(ぎら)いは食(く)わず嫌(ぎら)いだったようだ。

      When I had strawberries for the first time in a long time, they were delicious. It seems my dislike of strawberries was just prejudice against them.

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    • 食(く)わず嫌(ぎら)いは勿体(もったい)無(な)いよとばかりに母(はは)は私(わたし)にトマトを食(た)べるように説得(せっとく)してきた。

      As if to say that disliking food without trying it is a waste, my mother kept trying to persuade me to eat tomatoes.

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