い-adjective
狡いずるい
zurui狡い (ずるい, zurui) — sly — is an い-adjective: ずるかった (past), ずるくない (negative), ずるくて (te-form), ずるいです (polite).
It is usually written in kana: ずるい rather than 狡い. It also means cunning; sneaky.
How ずるい conjugates · い-adjective
Drop the final い, then add the ending.
Every form is built on the stem ずる. The one that isn't: the polite present, which is the whole word plus です.
ずるい
dropsstem + ending
ずるかったずるかったpast · It was sneaky.
ずるくないずるくないnegative · It isn't sneaky.
ずるくてずるくてte-form · It's sneaky and …
ずるければずるければif
ずるいですずるいですpolite presentkeeps the い
Every い-adjective works this way. The one exception is いい, which conjugates from its older form よい.
N5 N tags give the JLPT level at which the game starts quizzing a form.
Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | ずるい 狡い zurui | |
| past N5 It was sneaky. | ずるかった 狡かった zurukatta | |
| negative N5 It isn't sneaky. | ずるくない 狡くない zurukunai | |
| te-form N5 It's sneaky and … | ずるくて 狡くて zurukute | |
| past negative N4 | ずるくなかった 狡くなかった zurukunakatta | |
| cond. ば N3 | ずるければ 狡ければ zurukereba | |
| cond. たら N3 | ずるかったら 狡かったら zurukattara |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | ずるいです 狡いです zuruidesu | |
| past N5 It was sneaky. | ずるかったです 狡かったです zurukattadesu | |
| negative N5 It isn't sneaky. | ずるくないです 狡くないです zurukunaidesu | |
| past negative N4 | ずるくなかったです 狡くなかったです zurukunakattadesu |