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陰険

Reading

Kana: いんけん
Romaji: inken
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

tricky; wily; treacherous

Kanji

Readings: イン、 かげ、 かげ.る
Meanings: shade, yin, negative, sex organs, secret, shadow
Readings: ケン、 けわ.しい
Meanings: precipitous, inaccessible place, impregnable position, steep place, sharp eyes

Example Sentences

陰険(いんけん)(やっこ)
➥You are a snake!
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(かれ)表面上(ひょうめんじょう)陰険(いんけん)そうに()える。
➥He appears sly on the surface.
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(かれ)陰険(いんけん)なやつだ。
➥He is a sly fox.
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