憎む
にくむ
to hate; to detest
JLPT N2 Common word
Meanings
Godan verb (-mu), Transitive
to hate; to detest
Forms
| Plain | Polite | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 憎むにくむ | 憎みますにくみます |
| Negative | 憎まないにくまない | 憎みませんにくみません |
| Past | 憎んだにくんだ | 憎みましたにくみました |
| Past negative | 憎まなかったにくまなかった | 憎みませんでしたにくみませんでした |
| Te-form | 憎んでにくんで |
|---|---|
| Potential | 憎めるにくめる |
| Passive | 憎まれるにくまれる |
| Causative | 憎ませるにくませる |
| Volitional | 憎もうにくもう |
| Imperative | 憎めにくめ |
| Conditional (ば) | 憎めばにくめば |
| Conditional (たら) | 憎んだらにくんだら |
Example sentences
私を憎むな!
Don't hate me!
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We abhor violence.
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She seems to hate you.
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The brothers hate each other.
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They hated each other.
More examples (10)
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There was hatred between us then.
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All three hated one another.
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Do good to those who hate you.
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I began to understand the reason why he hated me.
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Such a crime cannot be despised enough.
未だにあなたのことを憎んでいます。
I still hate you.
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They absolutely detest each other.
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Hating others is foreign to her.
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So there's no love lost between them, then?
トムはあなたのことを憎んではいない。
Tom doesn't hate you.