JLPT N2 · い-adjective

憎い (nikui)

憎い (にくい, nikui) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “hateful; detestable”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: にくい
Romaji: nikui
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

hateful; detestable; abominable; vexing; provoking · い-adjective
amazing; fantastic; admirable; lovely; wonderful · い-adjective

Example sentences

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 憎い

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	憎い	にくい nikui
Negative	憎くない	にくくない nikukunai
Past	憎かった	にくかった nikukatta
Negative past	憎くなかった	にくくなかった nikukunakatta
Te-form	憎くて	にくくて nikukute
Adverb (~ku)	憎く	にくく nikuku
Conditional (~ba)	憎ければ	にくければ nikukereba

Kanji in 憎い

憎

hate, detestゾウ・にく.む・にく.い · 14 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 憎い.

憎むにくむto hate憎らしいにくらしいodious憎しみにくしみhatred

Source: JMdict entry 1403390 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.