JLPT N2 · い-adjective

狡い (zurui)

狡い (ずるい, zurui) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “sly; cunning”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ずるい
Romaji: zurui
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair · い-adjective · usually written in kana

Example sentences

狐は他のどんな動物よりもずるいということだ。

It is said that the fox is more cunning than any other animal.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 狡い

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	狡い	ずるい zurui
Negative	狡くない	ずるくない zurukunai
Past	狡かった	ずるかった zurukatta
Negative past	狡くなかった	ずるくなかった zurukunakatta
Te-form	狡くて	ずるくて zurukute
Adverb (~ku)	狡く	ずるく zuruku
Conditional (~ba)	狡ければ	ずるければ zurukereba

Kanji in 狡い

狡

cunning, sly, craftyコウ・キョウ・ずる.い・こす.い · 9 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1569240 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.