嫌だ (いやだ, “I don’t want to”) loses its first sound: やだ. やだ！ can be a real refusal or a playful “ew, stop it!”.
Casual, a little childish. With friends and family.
One person learns the other got full-body hair removal and worries they won't survive the winter.
No, no, no, no, no, no!
Textbook嫌です、嫌です、嫌です。「嫌だ」 drops 「い」 to become 「やだ」, fired off repeatedly like a kid refusing: 'Nope nope nope!'
After explaining Jump's motto, one performer announces they will act out a hero from a battle manga.
Culture note Weekly Shōnen Jump is a famous manga magazine from the publisher Shueisha, and its motto is 'friendship, effort, victory.'
No way!
Textbook嫌です!「嫌だよ」 → 「やだよ」: 「嫌」 loses its 「い」; 「よ」 makes the refusal blunt and firm.
One performer tells the audience that the partner's special talent is pretending to work hard, like fake-adjusting the mic.
This skill? No, no, I don't want it!
Textbookこの特技は嫌です。「嫌だ」 drops 「い」 to become 「やだ」; doubled 「やだやだ」 is a childish, emphatic refusal.
After a big song-and-dance number, a performer says the umbrella is not the partner's, and the partner complains.
Culture note In Japan, people usually dry laundry outside on the balcony.
Oh no!
Textbookあら、大変です!「嫌だ」 drops 「い」 to become 「やだ」; here it's a sudden 'Oh no!' of dismay, not a refusal.
Two friends are chatting about their kids at home, and one says their child never begs for anything.
Culture note Japanese family restaurants have self-serve drink bars where you press a button for each soda.
No way!
Textbook嫌です。「嫌だ」 drops its 「い」 to become 「やだ」; the stretched 「やだー」 sounds whiny and playful.
One performer wants to go pray at a shrine; the other keeps saying it's impossible, and the first insists it's fine.
Ugh, no way!
Textbookもう嫌です!「嫌だ」 (iya da) shortens to 「やだ」 in fast speech; 「もう」 moved to the end adds exasperation: "ugh, come on!"
From other routines in the library. Automatic transcripts, not yet checked line by line.
やだ means “no way / I hate it”. 嫌だ (いやだ, “I don’t want to”) loses its first sound: やだ. やだ！ can be a real refusal or a playful “ew, stop it!”.
With friends: OK. With coworkers: careful. With a boss or teacher: avoid. Casual, a little childish. With friends and family.
In 1,905 live comedy routines, やだ appears in 201 lines from 87 comedians.