Japanese Dictionary

Words

28 words found
  • 生憎, 合憎
    JLPT 3
    Kana Reading
    あいにく
    Word Senses
    • Parts of speech
      adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), adverb (fukushi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
      Meaning
      unfortunately; Sorry, but ...
      Example sentence
      でもあいにくの雨で試合は中止になった。 But, unfortunately, the game was called off due to rain.
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  • 憎い, 悪い
    JLPT 2
    Kana Reading
    にくい
    Word Senses
    • Parts of speech
      adjective (keiyoushi)
      Meaning
      hateful; abominable; poor-looking; detestable
      Example sentence
      かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。 The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      amazing; fantastic; admirable; lovely; wonderful
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  • 憎む, 悪む
    JLPT 2
    Kana Reading
    にくむ
    Word Senses
    • Parts of speech
      Godan verb with `mu' ending, transitive verb
      Meaning
      to hate; to detest
      Example sentence
      彼女は彼を憎んではいない、いや実際は愛している。 She doesn't hate him. In fact, she loves him.
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Kanji

2 kanji found
  • 憎 JLPT 2

    14 strokes

    hate, detest

    On'Yomi: ゾウ

    Kun'Yomi: にく.む, にく.い, にく.らしい, にく.しみ

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  • 憎

    15 strokes

    On'Yomi: ゾウ

    Kun'Yomi: にくい, にくしみ, にくむ, にくらしい

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