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JLPT N2i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

憎にくい

nikui

hateful, detestable

Example sentences

  1. フランス語ごが憎にくい。

    I hate French.

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  2. 俺おれらのことが憎にくいのか？

    Do you hate us?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. かわいさ余あまって憎にくさ百倍ひゃくばい。

    The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

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Kanji in 憎

  • 憎hate; detestOnゾウKunにくむ・にくい・にくらしい

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