Illustration: In a shared apartment kitchen, a young adult has deliberately nudged a housemate's carefully arranged lunch onto the floor. They lounge against the counter with an infuriating little smirk, still holding the now-empty lunchbox by one corner.

JLPT N2i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

憎にくらしい

nikurashii

hateful, detestable

Example sentences

  1. あの男性だんせいは憎にくらしい人ひとだよ！

    That man is an odious person!

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  2. 私わたしたちのことが憎にくらしいの？

    Do you hate us?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. トムのことが憎にくらしいけど、でも愛あいしてるの。

    I hate Tom, but I also love him.

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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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