Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)

    whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly

    Usually written using kana alone

    いやでもその仕事をしなければならない。
    You must do the work even if you don't like it.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

negate, no, noes, refuse, decline, deny

Kun
いないや
On
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N3
Frequency
561 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 33

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Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
2-4-3SKIP code
3d4.20The Kanji Dictionary
1060.9Four corner code
3177deroo
5426Unicode hex code
1-40-61JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
40Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
742New Nelson (John Haig)
2406New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3058Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1557Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2130Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1218Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1303Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
816A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
830Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3340Morohashi
962A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1248Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1316Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
862sakade
404Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
972henshall3
853Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1006Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
289Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1226Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fou3, pi3Pinyin reading
bu, biKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
33WaniKani level