憎い
N2にくい nikui
- hateful
- detestable
- vexing
- admirable
- wonderful
い-adjective
Chinese meanings
可恨;令人讨厌;令人赞叹
Chinese notes
憎い通常表示可恨或令人讨厌;憎い演出等也可带赞叹,表示巧妙得令人佩服。两条例句均为涉及爱恨关系的谚语。
Examples
- かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.爱之深,恨之切。
- 憎い憎いは可愛いの裏。Hatred is the other side of cuteness.口口声声说讨厌,背后其实是喜欢。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('54d18abf59'); // 憎い
{
"id": "54d18abf59",
"word": "憎い",
"reading": "にくい",
"romaji": "nikui",
"meanings": [
"hateful",
"detestable",
"vexing",
"admirable",
"wonderful"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"adj-i"
],
"jmdict_id": 1403390,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。",
"furigana": "かわいさ{余|あま}って{憎|にく}さ{百倍|ひゃくばい}。",
"en": "The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.",
"tatoeba_id": 226121
},
{
"ja": "憎い憎いは可愛いの裏。",
"furigana": "{憎|にく}い{憎|にく}いは{可愛|かわい}いの{裏|うら}。",
"en": "Hatred is the other side of cuteness.",
"tatoeba_id": 140231
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "23b5cd73b433e25ee4372145ba828d3f8603dca8256accfc17f0d5efeb4e3fb7",
"meanings": [
"可恨",
"令人讨厌",
"令人赞叹"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。",
"zh": "爱之深,恨之切。"
},
{
"ja": "憎い憎いは可愛いの裏。",
"zh": "口口声声说讨厌,背后其实是喜欢。"
}
],
"notes": "憎い通常表示可恨或令人讨厌;憎い演出等也可带赞叹,表示巧妙得令人佩服。两条例句均为涉及爱恨关系的谚语。",
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/54d18abf59",
"JMdict ent_seq 1403390; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "bb37b7c32881c5dfc642c0aae3edc079280a4eb1581da92bed30bb9224303175"
}
}