憎しみ

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 憎しみ is read as にくしみ and is a noun for deep, hostile hatred directed toward a person or other target.
• Basic usage: Overcoming it appears in 憎しみを乗り越える, while intensification appears in 憎しみが深まる.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Difference from 怒り
  • 怒り is anger reacting to an event; 憎しみ focuses on an enduring hostile feeling toward a target.
• Relation to revenge
  • It often appears in contexts where continued revenge deepens hatred rather than resolving it.