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狡ずるい

rarely used kanji formusually written using kana aloneい adjectiveadjective (generic)

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ずるい

Meanings

sly, cunning, sneaky, crafty, unfair, dishonest
miserly, mean, stingy

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Example sentences

彼かれはずるい手てを使つかって試験しけんに合格ごうかくした。

He used sneaky tricks to pass the exam.

そんなずるいやり方かたは許ゆるさない。

I won't forgive such an underhanded way of doing things.

彼女かのじょだけ先さきに帰かえるなんてずるいよ。

It's so unfair that only she gets to go home early.

あの政治家せいじかはずるい発言はつげんで批判ひはんを避さけた。

That politician avoided criticism with a crafty statement.

競争きょうそうにおいて、ずるい行為こういが発覚はっかくした場合ばあいには即座そくざに失格しっかくとなる。

In a competition, if dishonest conduct is discovered, one is immediately disqualified.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)