きらいではありません

05:16 Oct 6, 2010
Japanese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics / basic japanese
Japanese term or phrase: きらいではありません
is きらいではありません =すきです?
supriya phatak (X)
Local time: 09:24


Summary of answers provided
3It's not (so) bad
vegia
4 -1but actually not love (love you) yet
Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.)


  

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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
It's not (so) bad


Explanation:
The general meaning is close to すきです.


vegia
Local time: 05:54
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Yumico Tanaka (X): From the context given, you cannot say if the author is talking about a thing or a person. If the subject is a thing, your translation is correct, but if it is actually a person, it means I don't dislike the person.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
but actually not love (love you) yet


Explanation:
I reflect in a young Japanese girl's sense speaking to a boy friend!

Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.)
Thailand
Local time: 10:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Thai

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Yumico Tanaka (X): Same as above, you do not know if the subject is a thing or a person, therefore you cannot say I love you. Besides, there is no word suggesting "yet" in the context.
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