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いや, 嫌, 厭, や, イヤ

NA-adjective

1. disliking, not wanting, unwilling (to do), reluctant

2. unpleasant, disagreeable, nasty, horrible, disgusting, undesirable, unwelcome

Interjection, Usually in kana

3. no!, quit it!, stop!

金を借りるのも貸すのも嫌だ。

いや, イヤ, いやー, イヤー, いやあ

Interjection, expresses surprise or admiration

1. oh, oh my, oh dear, wow

2. well, ..., er ..., why, ...

いや, 否

Interjection, Usually in kana

「いいえ」とイギリス人は繰り返しました。

弥, 愈, いや, いよ, よ, いよよ

Adverb, See 愈々・いよいよ・1, Archaism

1. more and more, increasingly

Only いや

2. extremely, very

でも

Conjunction

1. but, however, though, nevertheless, still, yet, even so, also, as well, no matter how, even if, even though

Particle

2. ... or something

as 〜でも〜でも

3. either ... or ..., neither ... nor ...

Prefix, before an occupation, etc.

4. pseudo-, quack, in-name-only

See でもしか

5. for lack of anything better to do

あの男がもう１つでも間違いを犯したらクビにする。