"あざとい" meaning in Japanese

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Adjective

IPA: [a̠za̠to̞i]
Etymology: Ultimate derivation unknown. Also rarely found with unvoiced pronunciation as あさとい (asatoi), suggesting a possible connection with 浅い (asai, “shallow”). Alternatively, the initial aza- may be related to the aza- in 嘲笑う (azawarau, “to deride, to laugh at”), 欺く (azamuku, “to deceive”), 嘲る (azakeru, “to mock, to jeer at, to ridicule”). First cited to 1713. Etymology templates: {{unk|ja|nocap=1}} unknown, {{ja-r|あさとい}} あさとい (asatoi) Head templates: {{ja-adj|infl=i}} あざとい • (azatoi) -i (adverbial あざとく (azatoku)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=く|attributive=い|conditional=ければ|conjunctive=くて|continuative=く|degree=さ|formal=い です|formal_negative=く ない です|formal_negative_past=く なかった です|formal_past=かった です|hypothetical=けれ|imperative=かれ|imperfective=かろ|informal_negative=く ない|informal_negative_past=く なかった|informal_past=かった|kana=|lemma=あざと|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: azatoi [romanization], あざとく [adverbial], no-table-tags [table-tags], あざとかろ [imperfective, stem], azatokaro [imperfective, stem], あざとく [continuative, stem], azatoku [continuative, stem], あざとい [stem, terminative], azatoi [stem, terminative], あざとい [attributive, stem], azatoi [attributive, stem], あざとけれ [hypothetical, stem], azatokere [hypothetical, stem], あざとかれ [imperative, stem], azatokare [imperative, stem], あざとくない [informal, negative], azatoku nai [informal, negative], あざとかった [informal, past], azatokatta [informal, past], あざとくなかった [informal, negative, past], azatoku nakatta [informal, negative, past], あざといです [formal], azatoi desu [formal], あざとくないです [formal, negative], azatoku nai desu [formal, negative], あざとかったです [formal, past], azatokatta desu [formal, past], あざとくなかったです [formal, negative, past], azatoku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], あざとくて [conjunctive], azatokute [conjunctive], あざとければ [conditional], azatokereba [conditional], あざとかったら [conditional, past], azatokattara [conditional, past], あざとかろう [volitional], azatokarō [volitional], あざとく [adverbial], azatoku [adverbial], あざとさ [noun-from-adj], azatosa [noun-from-adj]
  1. not thought through, unwise, imprudent, shallow or superficial of thought, shortsighted, childish Synonyms: 愚か (english: unwise), 無思慮 (english: imprudent, not thought through), 浅はか (english: shallow of thought, not thought through), 子供っぽい (english: childish)
    Sense id: en-あざとい-ja-adj-915i2cAD Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 89 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 90 10 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 90 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3
  2. crooked, unscrupulous, wily, thoroughly greedy Synonyms: 悪辣 (english: villanous, wily), あくどい (english: unscrupulous, wily), 貪欲 (english: greedy)
    Sense id: en-あざとい-ja-adj-OfRF7lIc

Alternative forms

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      "form": "あざとかれ",
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      "form": "azatokare",
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      "form": "あざとくない",
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    {
      "form": "あざといです",
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    },
    {
      "form": "azatoi desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あざとくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "azatoku nai desu",
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      "form": "あざとくて",
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      "form": "azatokute",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "あざとければ",
      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "azatokereba",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "あざとかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "azatokattara",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "あざとかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
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      "form": "azatokarō",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "あざとく",
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      "form": "azatoku",
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          "word": "浅はか"
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          "word": "あくどい"
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      "tags": [
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        "stem"
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      "form": "あざとくない",
      "source": "inflection",
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    {
      "form": "azatoku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "あざとかった",
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "あざとくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "azatoku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    {
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      "form": "azatoi desu",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "あざとくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "azatoku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "あざとかったです",
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    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "あざとくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
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    {
      "form": "azatoku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
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        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "あざとくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "azatokute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "あざとければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
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    },
    {
      "form": "azatokereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
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    },
    {
      "form": "あざとかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "azatokattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あざとかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "azatokarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あざとく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "azatoku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あざとさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "azatosa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "あざとい • (azatoi) -i (adverbial あざとく (azatoku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "",
        "lemma": "あざと",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "not thought through, unwise, imprudent, shallow or superficial of thought, shortsighted, childish"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thought through",
          "thought through"
        ],
        [
          "unwise",
          "unwise"
        ],
        [
          "imprudent",
          "imprudent"
        ],
        [
          "shallow",
          "shallow"
        ],
        [
          "superficial",
          "superficial"
        ],
        [
          "thought",
          "thought"
        ],
        [
          "shortsighted",
          "shortsighted"
        ],
        [
          "childish",
          "childish"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "unwise",
          "word": "愚か"
        },
        {
          "english": "imprudent, not thought through",
          "word": "無思慮"
        },
        {
          "english": "shallow of thought, not thought through",
          "word": "浅はか"
        },
        {
          "english": "childish",
          "word": "子供っぽい"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "crooked, unscrupulous, wily, thoroughly greedy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "crooked",
          "crooked"
        ],
        [
          "unscrupulous",
          "unscrupulous"
        ],
        [
          "wily",
          "wily"
        ],
        [
          "greedy",
          "greedy"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "villanous, wily",
          "word": "悪辣"
        },
        {
          "english": "unscrupulous, wily",
          "word": "あくどい"
        },
        {
          "english": "greedy",
          "word": "貪欲"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "あざとい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠za̠to̞i]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
  ],
  "word": "あざとい"
}

Download raw JSONL data for あざとい meaning in Japanese (6.3kB)

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  "path": [
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "あざとい",
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