憎しみ

憎しみ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
憎
にく Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にくしみ​ [nìkúshímíꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ikɯ̟ᵝɕimʲi]

• (Tokyo) にくしみ [nìkúshímí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ikɯ̟ᵝɕimʲi]

• (Tokyo) にくし​み [nìkúshíꜜmì] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ikɯ̟ᵝɕimʲi]

Noun

憎しみ (hiragana にくしみ, rōmaji nikushimi)

1. hatred, hostility, abhorrence

Synonyms

• 憎 (ぞう)悪 (お) (zōo)
• 敵 (て)意 (きい) (tekii)

Antonyms

• 愛 (いつく)しみ (itsukushimi)

Related terms

• 憎 (にく)む (nikumu): hate
• 憎 (にく)い (nikui): hateful

References

1. 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
2. Hirayama, Tetsuo (1960) 全国アクセント辞典 (Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: 東京堂,.