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49 憎しみ Hatred

Part of Speech

Noun

Reading

にくしみ

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentence

てっきり彼らはお互いに憎しみ合っているものだと思っていました。

I certainly thought they hated each other.

Meaning Explanation

If 憎む is "to hate" then the noun version would be hatred.

Reading Explanation

The reading comes from 憎む.

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