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憎む (にくむ): to hate, to detest — Japanese vocabulary

憎む is read にくむ and means "to hate, to detest". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

憎む

Reading
にくむ · nikumu
Translation
to hate, to detest
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
にくむが

Example

そのような犯罪は憎んでも余りある。

そのようなはんざいはにくんでもあまりある。

Such a crime cannot be despised enough.

Kanji in this word

  • 憎 — hate, detest

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