How do you say "What do you hate?" in Japanese?

In Japanese, "What do you hate?" is 何が大嫌いですか? (nani ga daikirai desu ka ?). It is a phrase.

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Pronunciation

何が大嫌いですか? is written in kanji and hiragana. Romanised as nani ga daikirai desu ka ?, it sounds roughly like "nah-nee gah dah-ee-kee-rah-ee deh-soo kah ?" to an English ear.

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Questions about 何が大嫌いですか?

How do you pronounce 何が大嫌いですか??

何が大嫌いですか? is romanised as nani ga daikirai desu ka ?. Say it roughly like "nah-nee gah dah-ee-kee-rah-ee deh-soo kah ?" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.

Is 何が大嫌いですか? formal or casual?

何が大嫌いですか? is a neutral, everyday word that works in both casual and polite speech. The level of formality comes from the sentence structure around it, not from the word itself.

How is 何が大嫌いですか? written in Japanese?

何が大嫌いですか? is written using kanji and hiragana. Kanji characters carry the core meaning; any hiragana or katakana that follow show grammatical endings.

This word is part of the vocabulary taught in the Japanese language learning game Noun Town, where words are introduced through play rather than memorisation.