Results, sly

JLPTN2
ずるいzurui☆・こすいkosui《狡い》 Inflection

adjective:

  • sly; cunning; dishonest; sneaky; crafty; unfair
  • miserly - esp. こすい

狐kitsuneはha他のtanoどんなdonna動物doubutsuよりもyorimoずるいzuruiということだtoiukotoda。 It is said that the fox is more cunning than any other animal.

こすっからいkosukkarai《狡っ辛い》 Inflection

adjective:

  • sly
こすからいkosukarai《狡辛い》 Inflection

adjective:

  • sly
ずっこいzukkoi・ずるっこいzurukkoi Inflection

adjective:

狡猾【こうかつkoukatsu】 Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • sly; cunning; crafty

それだけsoredake北朝鮮kitachousenはha（中国chuugokuもmo）狡猾koukatsuなんですnandesu。 That's just how cunning North Korea (and China) is.

あざといazatoi Inflection

adjective:

  • calculating; sly; cunning; unscrupulous; pushy; aggressive
陰険【いんけんinken】 Inflection

adjectival noun:

  • crafty; tricky; sly; wily; treacherous; underhand
  • sinister (look)

彼kareはha表面上hyoumenjouはha陰険inkenそうsouにni見えるmieru。 He appears sly on the surface.

ずる賢い【ずるがしこいzurugashikoi】狡賢い☆ Inflection

adjective:

  • devious; cunning; sly; crafty
奸黠【かんかつkankatsu】姦黠 Inflection

adjectival noun:

  • cunning; sly
悪賢い☆【わるがしこいwarugashikoi】 Inflection

adjective:

  • cunning; crafty; wily; sly

あのano政治家seijikaはha悪賢いwarugashikoi。 That politician is an old fox.

陰湿☆【いんしつinshitsu】 Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • malicious; spiteful; vicious; wicked; devious; underhanded; sly
  • shady and damp
おぞいozoi Inflection

adjective:

  • crude; inferior grade; worn; ragged; shameful - colloquialism
  • sly; clever
  • disgusting; repulsive; absurd
狐と狸の化かし合い【きつねとたぬきのばかしあいkitsunetotanukinobakashiai】

expression:

  • two sly characters outfoxing each other
人目を掠めて【ひとめをかすめてhitomewokasumete】

expression:

  • on the sly; by stealth
狡猾老獪【こうかつろうかいkoukatsuroukai】 Inflection

noun / adjectival noun:

  • sly and crafty - four character idiom
海千山千【うみせんやませんumisen'yamasen】

noun / ~の noun:

  • sly old dog; old fox - four character idiom

あいつaitsuはha海千山千umisen'yamasenだからdakara、取り引きtorihiki相手aiteとしてはtoshitehaかなりkanari手強いtezuyoiぞzo。 All those tricks he's got up his sleeve make him a formidable client.

隠し食い【かくしぐいkakushigui】

noun:

  • eating on the sly
狸親父【たぬきおやじtanukioyaji】

noun:

  • sly (cunning) old man
当てこすり【あてこすりatekosuri】当て擦り

noun:

  • snide remark; insinuation; sly dig; disguised reproach; indirect criticism
奸策【かんさくkansaku】姦策

noun:

  • shrewd (dirty) trick; sinister scheme (design); sly art
JLPTN3
さるsaru☆《猿・猨old》サルSARU

noun:

  • monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate ➜ ニホンザル
  • sly person - derogatory term
  • idiot; hick - derogatory term
  • sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
  • clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook ➜ 自在鉤
  • bathhouse prostitute - archaism ➜ 湯女

何匹hikiかkaのnoサルSARUがga木kiにni登っているnobotteiruのnoをwo見たmita。 I saw some monkeys climbing the tree.

パンPAN君kunはhaパンPANにniバターBATAAをwo塗れるmamireru猿saruですdesu。 Pan is a monkey that can spread butter on bread.

昔mukashi々、インドINDOにni猿saruとto狐kitsuneとto兎usagiがga仲良くnakayoku暮らしkurashiてteおりoriましmashiたta。 Long long ago in India, a monkey, a fox, and a rabbit lived happily together.

きつねkitsune☆・けつねketsune・きつkitsuobs.《狐》キツネKITSUNE

noun:

猟犬ryoukenたちtachiはhaキツネKITSUNEのno匂いnioiのno跡atoをwoたどったtadotta。 The hunting dogs followed the scent of the fox.

最大限saidaigenにni首相shushouとtoいうiu権力kenryokuをwo利用riyouしshi、自己jikoのno保身hoshinのno為にtameni利用riyouするsuruキツネKITSUNEのnoようにyouniずる賢いzurukashikoi首相shushouにni見えてmieteくるkuru。 He has come to look like a sly-as-a-fox Premier who uses his position's powers to the fullest extent, to his own advantage.

たぬきtanuki☆《狸・貍old》タヌキTANUKI☆

noun:

  • tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog
  • sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox; cunning devil; craftiness; sly person; someone who makes evil plans without ever breaking their poker face

捕らtoraぬnu狸tanukiのno皮算用kawazan'you。 Don't count your chickens.

狐狸【こりkori】

noun:

  • foxes and tanuki
  • sly fellow; deceiver
JLPTN1
擦れる【すれるsureru】磨れる・摩れる・擂れる Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to rub; to chafe
  • to wear out; to become worn
  • to lose one's innocence; to become sly

シンとSHINto静まったshizumatta部室bushitsu。響くhibikuのnoはha、クロッキー帳KUROKKIIchouにni擦れるsureru鉛筆enpitsuのno音otoだけdake。 The club room returned to quiet. All that could be heard was the sound of pencil on sketchpad.

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