How to say "hate" in Japanese

• 嫌うきらうJLPT N3approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbA verb covering everything from mere dislike to loathing and abhorrence, this is the natural choice when 'hate' is a verb for something or someone you cannot stand.
  彼女かのじょは人前ひとまえで話はなしをするのを嫌きらう。↗

  She detests speaking in public.
• 憎むにくむJLPT N2approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbThis verb corresponds to 'to hate; to detest': deep-seated hatred rather than mere dislike, the kind you might bear toward an enemy or someone who has wronged you.
  自分じぶんを憎にくむ者ものにも親切しんせつにしなさい。↗

  Do good to those who hate you.
• 嫌悪けんおCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbA noun: it names the feeling itself — disgust, repugnance, loathing — rather than the act of hating, so it fits where English 'hate' is a noun, as in 'a look of hate'.
  ひどい仕打しうちに彼かれの嫌悪感けんおかんは憎にくしみに変かわった。↗

  Bad treatment fanned his dislike to hate.

For the verb 'to hate', 「嫌う」 covers everything from dislike to loathing, while 「憎む」 expresses intense, deep-seated hatred; use the noun 嫌悪 when 'hate' names the feeling of disgust or repugnance itself.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 嫌うきらうto hate
• 憎むにくむto hate
• 嫌悪けんおdisgust
• ヘイトhate
• 厭ういとうto be loath to