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Zach

Reading

Kana: ずる
Romaji: zuru
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Definition

1

cunning deed; sneaky person

Note: word usually written using kana alone
See also: 狡い

Kanji

Readings: コウ、 キョウ、 ずる.い、 こす.い、 わるがしこ.い
Meanings: cunning, sly, crafty, niggardly

Example Sentences

(かれ)(かしこ)いがずるい。
➥He is clever but tricky.
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(さき)()()すなんてずるいぞ。
➥That's cheating to start running before everyone else.
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(きつね)()のどんな動物(どうぶつ)よりもずるいということだ。
➥It is said that the fox is more cunning than any other animal.
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そんなのずるいよ。
➥That's not fair.
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それだけ北朝鮮(きたちょうせん)は(中国(ちゅうごく)も)狡猾(こうかつ)なんです。
➥That's just how cunning North Korea (and China) is.
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スフィンクスはテーベ()()途中(とちゅう)(なん)(ひゃく)(にん)もの(ひと)()べてしまっていた。というのはその人達(ひとたち)が、こうかつなスフィンクスが()すなぞなぞに(こた)えられなかったからであった。
➥The Sphinx had eaten hundreds of people on their way to the city of Thebes, because they could not answer the riddle the cunning Sphinx had asked them.
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