How to say cunning in Japanese

悪賢い☆【わるがしこいwarugashikoi】 Inflection

adjective:

  • cunning; crafty; wily; sly

Example Sentences

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.
彼kareはha実力jitsuryokuのnoあるaru政治家seijikaにni見せかけているmisekaketeiruがga、実際jissaiにはnihaずるがしこいzurugashikoi政治屋seijiyaだda。
He makes believe that he is a practical statesman, but in really he is a cunning politician.
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.
そのsono陶芸家tougeikaはha腕udeがga落ちたochita。
The potter's lost his cunning.
スフィンクスSUFYINKUSUはhaテーベTEEBE市shiへhe行くiku途中tochuuのno何百人ninもmoのno人hitoをwo食べてtabeteしまっていたshimatteita。というのはtoiunohaそのsono人達hitotachiがga、こうかつなkoukatsunaスフィンクスSUFYINKUSUがga出すdasuなぞなぞnazonazoにni答えられなかったkotaerarenakattaからkaraであったdeatta。
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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