"憎い" meaning in Japanese

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "desirable, favorable, welcome",
      "roman": "konomashii",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "好",
          "この"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "好ましい"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "にくい"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese. Cognate with 憎む (nikumu, “to hate”), 難い (-nikui, “difficult [to do]”, verb suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "憎い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "憎",
          "にく"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikui",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎く",
      "roman": "nikuku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "憎",
          "にく"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎かろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikukaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikuku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikui",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikui",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikukere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikukare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikuku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikukatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikuku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikui desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikuku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikukatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikuku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikukute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikukereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikukattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikukarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikuku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikusa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "にくい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "憎(にく)い • (nikui) -i (adverbial 憎(にく)く (nikuku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "にく",
        "lemma": "憎",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "to hate, abhor, detest",
          "roman": "nikumu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "憎",
              "にく"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "憎む"
        },
        {
          "english": "continuative or stem form",
          "roman": "ren'yōkei",
          "word": "難い: suffix attaching to the 連用形 of a verb"
        },
        {
          "word": "denoting difficulty"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bōzu nikukerya kesa made nikui",
          "word": "坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎い: \"hate a monk"
        },
        {
          "word": "and you will hate his very robes\""
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Ise Monogatari (The Tales of Ise), late 800s to early 900s",
          "text": "されどにくゝはたあらざりけり。\nSaredo nikuku hata arazarikeri.\nBut no one thought him dislikeable.\n→ Note that the negative connotations have strengthened over time. The older meaning was milder, closer to dislikeable than the modern hateful."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hateful, detestable, abominable"
      ],
      "id": "en-憎い-ja-adj-gEUlYjt9",
      "links": [
        [
          "hateful",
          "hateful"
        ],
        [
          "detestable",
          "detestable"
        ],
        [
          "abominable",
          "abominable"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "にくい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɲ̟ikɯ̟i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "憎い"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "desirable, favorable, welcome",
      "roman": "konomashii",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "好",
          "この"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "好ましい"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "to hate, abhor, detest",
      "roman": "nikumu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "憎",
          "にく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "憎む"
    },
    {
      "english": "continuative or stem form",
      "roman": "ren'yōkei",
      "word": "難い: suffix attaching to the 連用形 of a verb"
    },
    {
      "word": "denoting difficulty"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bōzu nikukerya kesa made nikui",
      "word": "坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎い: \"hate a monk"
    },
    {
      "word": "and you will hate his very robes\""
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "にくい"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese. Cognate with 憎む (nikumu, “to hate”), 難い (-nikui, “difficult [to do]”, verb suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "憎い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "憎",
          "にく"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikui",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎く",
      "roman": "nikuku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "憎",
          "にく"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎かろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikukaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikuku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikui",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikui",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikukere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikukare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikuku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikukatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikuku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikui desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikuku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikukatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikuku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikukute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikukereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikukattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikukarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikuku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "憎さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にくさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nikusa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "にくい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "憎(にく)い • (nikui) -i (adverbial 憎(にく)く (nikuku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "にく",
        "lemma": "憎",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese adjectives",
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with manual fragments",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
        "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
        "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese い-i adjectives",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Ise Monogatari (The Tales of Ise), late 800s to early 900s",
          "text": "されどにくゝはたあらざりけり。\nSaredo nikuku hata arazarikeri.\nBut no one thought him dislikeable.\n→ Note that the negative connotations have strengthened over time. The older meaning was milder, closer to dislikeable than the modern hateful."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hateful, detestable, abominable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hateful",
          "hateful"
        ],
        [
          "detestable",
          "detestable"
        ],
        [
          "abominable",
          "abominable"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "にくい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɲ̟ikɯ̟i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "憎い"
}

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  "path": [
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "憎い",
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}