JLPT N2 · Verb

憎む (nikumu)

憎む (にくむ, nikumu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to hate; to detest”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: にくむ
Romaji: nikumu
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

to hate; to detest · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

自分を憎む者にも親切にしなさい。

Do good to those who hate you.

Tatoeba #149735

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

Conjugation of 憎む

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	憎む	にくむ nikumu
Polite (~masu)	憎みます	にくみます nikumimasu
Negative	憎まない	にくまない nikumanai
Polite negative	憎みません	にくみません nikumimasen
Past	憎んだ	にくんだ nikunda
Polite past	憎みました	にくみました nikumimashita
Negative past	憎まなかった	にくまなかった nikumanakatta
Te-form	憎んで	にくんで nikunde
Potential	憎める	にくめる nikumeru
Passive	憎まれる	にくまれる nikumareru
Causative	憎ませる	にくませる nikumaseru
Volitional	憎もう	にくもう nikumou
Imperative	憎め	にくめ nikume
Conditional (~ba)	憎めば	にくめば nikumeba

Kanji in 憎む

憎

hate, detestゾウ・にく.む・にく.い · 14 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 憎む.

憎いにくいhateful憎らしいにくらしいodious憎しみにくしみhatred

Source: JMdict entry 1403440 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.