Word details

小憎らしい

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 小憎らしい.

Dictionary

Entry

小憎らしいにくらし~い Adj.Freq #49416
1

provoking; rather annoying

Examples
ったくケイコちゃんって可愛いんだか小憎らしいんだか・・・。
Sheesh, that Keiko - she's cute or she's hateful, just can't make her out.
2

(speaking ironically) darling

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

little, small

3 strokesFrequency 114JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ショウ

Kun

ちい.さいこ-お-さ-

Nanori

いさらこうさざしゃおちいさ

hate, detest

14 strokesFrequency 1,808JLPT N2Grade 8

On

ゾウ

Kun

にく.むにく.いにく.らしいにく.しみ

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