憎(にく)む

にくむ
godan verb
to hate; to detest; to loathe
1. to hate; to detest
To feel intense dislike or hostility toward someone or something.
罪(つみ)を憎(にく)んで人(ひと)を憎(にく)まず。
Hate the sin, not the sinner.
彼(かれ)は自分(じぶん)を裏切(うらぎ)った友人(ゆうじん)を憎(にく)んでいる。
He hates the friend who betrayed him.
戦争(せんそう)を憎(にく)む気持(きも)ちは誰(だれ)にでもある。
Everyone has feelings of hatred toward war.
犯人(はんにん)を憎(にく)む気持(きも)ちが抑(おさ)えられない。
I can't suppress my hatred for the criminal.
誰(だれ)も憎(にく)まずに生(い)きたい。
I want to live without hating anyone.
暴力(ぼうりょく)を憎(にく)む。
I hate violence.
2. to loathe; to abhor
To feel extreme disgust or aversion.
不正(ふせい)を憎(にく)む心(こころ)。
A heart that loathes injustice.
差別(さべつ)を憎(にく)んでやまない。
I deeply abhor discrimination.
嘘(うそ)を憎(にく)む性格(せいかく)だ。
I have a personality that loathes lies.
偽善(ぎぜん)を憎(にく)む。
I abhor hypocrisy.

憎(にく)む is transitive (他動詞(たどうし)). It takes を for the object of hatred.

ASPECT ({ている}):
憎(にく)んでいる indicates an ongoing state of hatred.

COMMON PATTERNS:

  • 人(ひと)を憎(にく)む (to hate someone)
  • 罪(つみ)を憎(にく)む (to hate sin/crime)
  • 憎(にく)んでも憎(にく)みきれない (to hate but not be able to hate enough)

PARTICLE PATTERNS:

  • ～を憎(にく)む: The object of hatred

RELATED WORDS:

  • 憎(にく)い: I-adjective meaning "hateful" or (sarcastically) "admirably skilled"
  • 憎(にく)しみ: Noun meaning "hatred"
  • 恨(うら)む: To resent, bear a grudge (similar but with nuance of resentment)

Register: Neutral. A strong word expressing deep negative emotion.

Related Words

Related: 憎(にく)い (adjective)
Contrast: 恨(うら)む (to resent)
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Added 2026.1.13 15:25 · Revised 2026.2.5 20:49
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