表層形
小賢しい
コザカシー
形容詞
小賢しい (コザカシー)
Kozakashii · こざかしー — clever, shrewd, crafty, cunning, pretentious, impertinent, insolent
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小賢しい in rōmaji: kozakashii.
形容詞
一般
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🔤 形容詞 📐 終止形-一般
Updated: 2026年8月13日
📖 Grammar Information
| 表層形 (Surface) |
小賢しい
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|---|---|
| 読み (Reading) |
コザカシー
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| 品詞 (POS) |
形容詞・一般・*・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
形容詞
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
終止形-一般
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
小賢しい
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| 読み・基本形 |
コザカシー
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| 表記・基本形 |
小賢しい
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| 見出し語の読み |
コザカシイ
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💡 English Meaning
小賢しい means “clever, shrewd, crafty, cunning, pretentious, impertinent, insolent” — full definition & examples →
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コザカシー
形容詞一般**
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⚡ 形容詞 (I-adjective) Inflections
| 丁寧形 (Polite) |
小賢しいです
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| 否定形 (Negative) |
小賢しくない
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| 過去形 (Past) |
小賢しかった
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| て形 (Te-form) |
小賢しくて
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| 副詞形 (Adverbial) |
小賢しく
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| 仮定形 (Conditional) |
小賢しければ
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形容詞 (i-adjectives) end in い and conjugate directly. They can act as predicates or modify nouns directly without a particle.
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