"ずる賢い" meaning in Japanese

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  "etymology_text": "Compound of 狡い (zurui, “tricky, cunning, devious”) + 賢い (kashikoi, “smart, clever, intelligent”). The kashikoi changes to gashikoi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).\nThe spelling ずる賢い is more common than 狡賢い, due to the 狡 character falling into disuse.",
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          "賢",
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    },
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      "form": "zurugashikoi",
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      "form": "ずる賢く",
      "roman": "zurugashikoku",
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      "form": "ずる賢かろ",
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      "form": "zurugashikokaro",
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      "form": "ずるがしこく",
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      "form": "zurugashikoku",
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        "continuative"
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      "form": "zurugashikoi",
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      "form": "zurugashikoi",
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      "form": "ずる賢けれ",
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      "form": "ずるがしこけれ",
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    },
    {
      "form": "zurugashikokere",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずる賢かれ",
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      "form": "zurugashikokare",
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    {
      "form": "ずる賢くない",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ずるがしこくない",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "zurugashikoku nai",
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        "negative"
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      "form": "ずる賢かった",
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      "form": "ずるがしこかった",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "zurugashikokatta",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "informal",
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    {
      "form": "ずる賢くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "ずるがしこくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "zurugashikoku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずる賢いです",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずるがしこいです",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "formal"
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      "form": "zurugashikoi desu",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "formal"
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      "form": "ずる賢くないです",
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      "form": "ずるがしこくないです",
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      "form": "zurugashikoku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "formal",
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    {
      "form": "ずる賢かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "formal",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "ずるがしこかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "zurugashikokatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ずる賢くなかったです",
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        "negative",
        "past"
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      "form": "ずるがしこくなかったです",
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        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずる賢くて",
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        "conjunctive"
      ]
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      "form": "ずるがしこくて",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "zurugashikokute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずる賢ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずるがしこければ",
      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zurugashikokereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずる賢かったら",
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      "tags": [
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        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "ずるがしこかったら",
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      ]
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      "form": "zurugashikokattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ずる賢かろう",
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      "form": "zurugashikoku",
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      "form": "ずる賢さ",
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      "form": "ずるがしこさ",
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      "form": "zurugashikosa",
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        "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",
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        "sly, cunning"
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          "word": "狡賢い"
        }
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        "Daijirin",
        "Daijisen",
        "Kyōsuke Kindaichi",
        "ja:松村明"
      ]
    }
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      "other": "ずるがしこい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡zɨɾɯ̟ɡa̠ɕiko̞i]"
    }
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}

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      "form": "ずる賢かれ",
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      "form": "ずる賢くない",
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      "form": "ずるがしこくない",
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      "form": "zurugashikoku nai",
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        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "ずる賢いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずるがしこいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
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    },
    {
      "form": "zurugashikoi desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ずる賢くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "ずるがしこくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zurugashikoku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずる賢かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずるがしこかったです",
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      "tags": [
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        "past"
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    {
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      "tags": [
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        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ずるがしこくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zurugashikoku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずる賢くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずるがしこくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zurugashikokute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずる賢ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずるがしこければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zurugashikokereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずる賢かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずるがしこかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zurugashikokattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずる賢かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずるがしこかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zurugashikokarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずる賢く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずるがしこく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zurugashikoku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずる賢さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ずるがしこさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zurugashikosa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ずるがしこい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "ずる賢(がしこ)い • (zurugashikoi) -i (adverbial ずる賢(がしこ)く (zurugashikoku))",
      "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": "ずるがしこ",
        "lemma": "ずる賢",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese adjectives",
        "Japanese compound terms",
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with manual fragments",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
        "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with rendaku",
        "Japanese い-i adjectives",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sly, cunning"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sly",
          "sly"
        ],
        [
          "cunning",
          "cunning"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Daijirin",
        "Daijisen",
        "Kyōsuke Kindaichi",
        "ja:松村明"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ずるがしこい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡zɨɾɯ̟ɡa̠ɕiko̞i]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "狡賢い"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ずる賢い"
}

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  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "ずる賢い",
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