Japanese edit

Alternative spelling
狡い

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "ずるい"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) ずるく るく
[zúꜜrùkù]
[zùrúꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) ずるい [zùrúꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) ずるい [zùrúꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative ずるくない るくない
くない
[zúꜜrùkùnàì]
[zùrúꜜkùnàì]
Informal past ずるかった るかった
かった
[zúꜜrùkàttà]
[zùrúꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past ずるくなかった るくなかった
くなかった
[zúꜜrùkùnàkàttà]
[zùrúꜜkùnàkàttà]
Formal ずるいです いです [zùrúꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive ずるくて るくて
くて
[zúꜜrùkùtè]
[zùrúꜜkùtè]
Conditional ずるければ るければ
ければ
[zúꜜrùkèrèbà]
[zùrúꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective edit

ずるい or ズルい (zurui-i (adverbial ずるく (zuruku))

  1. sly; crafty; dishonest
  2. (informal) unfair
    ずるい(わたし)()たいのに
    Zurui, watashi mo ikitai no ni.
    No fair, I want to go too.

Inflection edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Takebayashi, Shigeru (1993) The Kenkyusha Japanese-English Learner's Pocket Dictionary, Tōkyō: Kenkyūsha, →ISBN.