Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 憎い(にくい) in Japanese

憎い, 悪い
JLPT 2
Kana Reading
にくい
Romaji
nikui
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjective (keiyoushi)
    Meaning
    hateful; abominable; poor-looking; detestable
    Example sentence
    かわい余って百倍 The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    amazing; fantastic; admirable; lovely; wonderful

Examples of 憎い, 悪い, にくい in a sentence



Kanji in this word

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

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JLPT 4

11 strokes

bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong

On'Yomi: アク, オ

Kun'Yomi: わる.い, わる-, あ.し, にく.い, -にく.い, ああ, いずくに, いずくんぞ, にく.む

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憎

15 strokes

On'Yomi: ゾウ

Kun'Yomi: にくい, にくしみ, にくむ, にくらしい

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