ずるい

zurui

sly
cunning

い-adjective

Also written 狡い

Chinese meanings

狡猾；不公平

Examples

Furigana

彼かれは賢かしこいがずるい。
He is clever but tricky.
他聪明但狡猾。
Tatoeba #107664
そんなのずるいよ。
That's not fair.
那样太狡猾了。
Tatoeba #204215

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('94fac8560c'); // ずるい

{
  "id": "94fac8560c",
  "word": "ずるい",
  "reading": "ずるい",
  "romaji": "zurui",
  "meanings": [
    "sly",
    "cunning"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "adj-i"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1569240,
  "other_forms": [
    "狡い"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼は賢いがずるい。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{賢|かしこ}いがずるい。",
      "en": "He is clever but tricky.",
      "tatoeba_id": 107664
    },
    {
      "ja": "そんなのずるいよ。",
      "en": "That's not fair.",
      "tatoeba_id": 204215
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "cdab4a39b452e8d2b92b5688d7174b75c4a5b90bea8592e704e422b45d50f6c4",
    "meanings": [
      "狡猾",
      "不公平"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼は賢いがずるい。",
        "zh": "他聪明但狡猾。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "そんなのずるいよ。",
        "zh": "那样太狡猾了。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/94fac8560c",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1569240; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "f17336edc13615953c7c5077031d17270f065a084941cd0bdf6d0ebdc282923a"
  }
}