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小憎らしい (こにくらしい) — provoking | Kumi Dictionary

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小憎らしい

小憎らしい

小こにく憎らしい

provoking

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こにくらしい

Adjective

1.

provoking, rather annoying

2.

(speaking ironically) darling

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ちい.さい・こ-・お-・さ-…(6)

にく.む・にく.い・にく.らしい・にく.しみ…(1)

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