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憎い
悪い
Readings

nikui
English
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
hateful, detestable, abominable, vexing, provoking

I-adjective (keiyoushi)
amazing, fantastic, admirable, lovely, wonderful

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Conjugated forms
Present, Future 憎い
is [x]
憎くない
is not [x]
Past 憎かった
was [x]
憎くなかった
was not [x]
Te-form, Continuative 憎くて
is [x] and...
憎くなくて
is not [x] and...
Kanjis
ON: ゾウ KUN: にく.む, にく.い, にく.らしい, にく.しみ
hate, detest

Stroke: 14 JLPT: N2 SKIP: 1-3-11 FC: 9806.6


ON: アク, オ KUN: わる.い, わる-, あ.し, にく.い, -にく.い, ああ, いずくに, いずくんぞ, にく.む
bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong

Stroke: 11 Grade: 3 JLPT: N3 SKIP: 2-7-4 FC: 1033.3


Phrases
かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。
Parts: 可愛い (かわい) 余る (あまる) 憎い (にくい) 百倍 (ひゃくばい)
The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.