狡く
ずるく · zuruku
JLPT N2 i-adjective 連用形
狡く is the masu-stem of 狡い — sly, cunning, sneaky, crafty, unfair, dishonest.
- miserly, mean, stingy
How it’s built
狡い
狡く
Masu-stem (連用形). The base for ます, たい and ながら, and the way to link two actions: 書き → 書きます.
狡い is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of 狡い. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of 狡い
| Negative (ない形) | 狡くないずるくない |
| Past (た形) | 狡かったずるかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 狡くなかったずるくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 狡くてずるくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) ← this one | 狡くずるく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 狡いずるい |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 狡ければずるければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 狡かったらずるかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 狡くなるずるくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 狡すぎるずるすぎる |
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Other forms and spellings
狡けれ狡かっ狡きゃ狡けりゃ狡かろ狡かろう狡かろふ狡い狡狡うSave your words
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