If a girl tells you "きらいじゃない" what does that really mean. Is there a cultural
meaning like shes just not interested in you?
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If a girl tells you "きらいじゃない" what does that really mean
ない means "not" and じゃ is a colloquial form of では. きらいじゃない means "it is not
that (I) dislike (you)".

What it _really_ means depends on the context, but usually it just means "I
don't dislike you (although I don't particularly interested in you, either)"
It may imply another thing, typically when this is said by a
[tsundere](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsundere) character who cannot say "I
like you."
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It's called a [litote](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litotes).

"I don't dislike you" is probably the most famous example.

This is not a Japanese specific thing, and the interpretation is totally up to
you, inferring from context.
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