憎む (にくむ): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

憎む (にくむ) means to hate / to detest.

See example sentences below.

憎む at a glance

憎む

にくむnikumu

N2verb

to hate / to detest

憎むにくむnikumuN2Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

to hate / to detest

Example 1

彼は昔の友達をにくんでいる。

Translation

He hates his old friend.

Example 2

悪いことをした人をにくむのは自然だ。

Translation

It's natural to hate someone who did something bad.