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憎い

にくい

hateful

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Examples

  1. 嘘をついた彼が憎い。

    うそをついたかれがにくい。

    I hate him for lying.

  2. 戦争が憎い。

    せんそうがにくい。

    I hate war.

  3. 憎いと思う気持ちを捨てたい。

    にくいとおもうきもちをすてたい。

    I want to let go of this feeling of hatred.

  4. 彼女は犯人が憎くてたまらない。

    かのじょははんにんがにくくてたまらない。

    She hates the culprit beyond words.

Common patterns

〜が憎い
to hate ~
憎み合う
to hate each other
憎らしいほど
to an infuriating degree

Memory tip

憎い is deep, serious hatred — much heavier than 嫌い, which is just dislike. Note that the object takes が, not を (彼が憎い). Don't confuse it with the suffix 〜にくい in 読みにくい ("hard to read"), which is a different word entirely.

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