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Meaning of 小憎らしい(こにくらしい) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 小憎らしい

Kana Reading こにくらしい

Romaji konikurashii

Parts of speech

adjective (keiyoushi)

Meaning

provoking; rather annoying
Parts of speech

Meaning

(speaking ironically) darling

Examples of 小憎らしい, こにくらしい in a sentence

ったくケイコちゃんって可愛いんだか小憎らしいんだか・・・。

Sheesh, that Keiko - she's cute or she's hateful, just can't make her out.

Related Kanji

憎 JLPT 2

14 strokes

hate, detest

On'Yomi: ゾウ

Kun'Yomi: にく.む, にく.い, にく.らしい, にく.しみ

小 JLPT 5

3 strokes

little, small

On'Yomi: ショウ

Kun'Yomi: ちい.さい, こ-, お-, さ-

憎

15 strokes

On'Yomi: ゾウ

Kun'Yomi: にくい, にくしみ, にくむ, にくらしい