Meaning

Primary

Hatred

Word Type

noun

Explanation

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

Reading

にくしみ
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading comes from 憎む.

Context

Context Sentences

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.

Kanji Composition