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JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

憎にくむ

nikumu

to hate, to detest

Example sentences

  1. 自分じぶんを憎にくむ者ものにも親切しんせつにしなさい。

    Do good to those who hate you.

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  2. 彼かれは憎にくめない奴やつだ。

    You can’t hate the guy.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 私わたしたちは暴力ぼうりょくを憎にくむ。

    We abhor violence.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 憎

  • 憎hate; detestOnゾウKunにくむ・にくい・にくらしい

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