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憎い: hateful; abominable; poor-looking; detestable | JLPT N2 Vocabulary | JLPTMatome

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憎い

JLPT N2Vocabulary

憎(にく)い

にくい

hateful; abominable; poor-looking; detestable

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Reading and meaning Adjective forms Example sentences Kanji in this lesson

Reading and meaning

Reading: にくい
Romaji: nikui
Meaning: hateful; abominable; poor-looking; detestable
Word type: i adjective

Adjective forms

Present: 憎(にく)いです
Present negative: 憎(にく)くないです
憎(にく)くありません
Past: 憎(にく)かったです
Past negative: 憎(にく)くなかったです
憎(にく)くありませんでした
Before a noun: 憎(にく)い
Connective: 憎(にく)くて
Adverbial: 憎(にく)く
Ba conditional: 憎(にく)ければ
Tara conditional: 憎(にく)かったら
Appearance: 憎(にく)そうです
Change of state: 憎(にく)くなります
Excess: 憎(にく)すぎます
Nominalized: 憎(にく)いこと

Present: 憎(にく)い
Present negative: 憎(にく)くない
Past: 憎(にく)かった
Past negative: 憎(にく)くなかった
Before a noun: 憎(にく)い
Connective: 憎(にく)くて
Adverbial: 憎(にく)く
Ba conditional: 憎(にく)ければ
Tara conditional: 憎(にく)かったら
Appearance: 憎(にく)そうだ
Change of state: 憎(にく)くなる
Excess: 憎(にく)すぎる
Nominalized: 憎(にく)いこと

Example sentences

FuriganaEnglish

彼(かれ)の成功(せいこう)を妬(ねた)む自分(じぶん)が

憎(にく)

い。

I hate myself for envying his success.

裏切(うらぎ)った友人(ゆうじん)が憎(にく)い。

I hate the friend who betrayed me.

この世(よ)の不公平(ふこうへい)さが憎(にく)い。

I hate the unfairness of this world.

あの冷酷(れいこく)な仕打(しう)ちが今(いま)でも憎(にく)い。

I still hate that cruel treatment.

Kanji in this lesson

憎hate, detestJLPT N2

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