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恨む

うらむ

to bear a grudge against, to resent, to feel bitter towards

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Examples

  1. 彼は彼女を恨んでいる。

    かれはかのじょをうらんでいる。

    He bears a grudge against her.

  2. 私を恨まないでください。

    わたしをうらまないでください。

    Please don't hold it against me.

  3. 自分で決めたことですから、誰も恨むつもりはありません。

    じぶんできめたことですから、だれもうらむつもりはありません。

    I decided it myself, so I have no intention of blaming anyone.

Common patterns

人を恨む
to bear a grudge against someone
恨みを買う
to incur someone's resentment
運命を恨む
to curse one's fate

Memory tip

Not simple hatred: 恨む is a lasting grudge over something done to you, held quietly over time. 憎む is hating someone outright; 怒る is being angry right now.

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