23461
Simply put Pimsluer says to use がすきではありません to express a dislike, but Human
Japanese uses きらい, is there a difference?
CC BY-SA 3.0
2015-03-24T12:24:04.550
23424
2015-03-27T00:01:30.670
2015-03-24T13:43:56.280
9683
9683
question
word-choice
Is there a difference between きらい and がすきではありません?
As @dotnetN00b mentions in the comments, in general, the difference is between
dislike and hate. Of course in some instances, individual interpretation may
have an effect on how one chooses to use each word and what context to use
them.

> A basic and non-complete comparison of the words (as I understand them) is
> below.
>
>   * 大好き > Love / Really Like
>   * 好き > Like
>   * 好きではありません OR 好きじゃない > Dislike
>   * 嫌い > Hate
>   * 大嫌い > Loathe / Really Hate
>

I would assume that where different, what each teaching manual / book etc.
teaches as it's definition, is largely open to the liberties taken by the
editor.

However, as I mentioned, this is a brief, basic comparison. There does happens
to be times when 嫌い means dislike. For example 好き嫌い (Likes and Dislikes) and
it really depends on the context and the person speaking.

A:マヨネーズ好き？嫌い？

B:あまり好きじゃないな～
CC BY-SA 3.0
2015-03-26T06:22:03.473
23458
2015-03-27T00:01:30.670
2020-06-17T08:18:27.500
-1
9241
23424
answer
The nuance of 好きではない depends largely on the context and the tone of the
speaker's voice.

People often use 好きではない when they actually _hate_ something/someone, because
嫌い is a very strong and offensive word. Someone who says 嫌い too often is
someone who is disliked by others. 好きではない can act as an euphemistic
expression, so to say. 苦手【にがて】だ (be not good at ～) is an even more euphemistic
expression, but it's still easy to express your hate on the target with this
phrase, if you say it with an appropriate facial expression.

On the other hand, people can use 好きではない when they literally "do not like"
something:

> 「寿司は好きですか?」「好きではないですね。」  
>  "Do you like sushi?" "Not particularly. / Not really."

Here, the person who answered does not particularly love nor hate sushi.

My understanding is that 嫌い is more like _dislike_ and 大嫌い is closer to _hate_
, but these should depend on the context, too.

By the way, there is also a verb 憎【にく】む, which is usually translated as _to
hate_ , but this is a _really_ strong word which refers to a long-held grudge
on someone. Don't say, for example
私は[納豆【なっとう】](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natt%C5%8D)を憎んでいます, because it
sounds almost like a joke.
CC BY-SA 3.0
2015-03-26T10:10:28.467
23461
2015-03-26T10:10:28.467
5010
23424
answer