ずるい

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
狡い

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「ずるい」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) ずるく ずるく
ずるく
Terminal (終止形) ずるい ずるい
Attributive (連体形) ずるい ずるい
Key constructions
Informal negative ずるくない ずるくない
ずるくない
Informal past ずるかった ずるかった
ずるかった
Informal negative past ずるくなかった ずるくなかった
ずるくなかった
Formal ずるいです ずるいです
Conjunctive ずるくて ずるくて
ずるくて
Conditional ずるければ ずるければ
ずるければ

Adjective

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

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

Inflection

Inflection of ずるい
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) ずるかろ zurukaro
Continuative (連用形) ずるく zuruku
Terminal (終止形) ずるい zurui
Attributive (連体形) ずるい zurui
Hypothetical (仮定形) ずるけれ zurukere
Imperative (命令形) ずるかれ zurukare
Key constructions
Informal negative ずるくない zuruku nai
Informal past ずるかった zurukatta
Informal negative past ずるくなかった zuruku nakatta
Formal ずるいです zurui desu
Formal negative ずるくないです zuruku nai desu
Formal past ずるかったです zurukatta desu
Formal negative past ずるくなかったです zuruku nakatta desu
Conjunctive ずるくて zurukute
Conditional ずるければ zurukereba
Provisional ずるかったら zurukattara
Volitional ずるかろう zurukarō
Adverbial ずるく zuruku
Degree ずるさ zurusa

See also

References

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