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勘繰り (かんぐり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

勘かん繰ぐり

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Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

suspicion; distrust; reading too much into things

Often implies groundless or excessive suspicion, imagining hidden motives or meanings. Frequently used in the phrase 勘繰りを入れる (to be suspicious).

彼かれの親しん切せつを勘かん繰ぐりすぎて、素す直なおに受うけ

Kanji

勘intuition, perception, check
繰winding, reel, spin

Related words

疑うたがい
疑い is a general term for doubt or suspicion, while 勘繰り specifically implies reading too much into a situation, often without solid grounds.
邪じゃ推すい
邪推 is a stronger, more negative term for harboring unjustified suspicions or making malicious assumptions about someone's motives.

Written forms

取と

れ

なかっ

た

。

I was too suspicious of his kindness and couldn't accept it straightforwardly.

あの人ひとはいつも人ひとへの勘かんぐりばかりしている。

That person is always suspicious of others.

勘かん繰ぐりUsage16%
Standard kanji spelling; 繰り suggests 'twisting' or 'reading into' things.
勘かんぐりUsage76%
Variant spelling using hiragana for the second part; less common but still seen.
かんぐりUsage8%

Etymology

Compound of 勘 (intuition, perception) and 繰り (from 繰る, to spin or reel), suggesting the act of spinning out suspicions from one's intuition. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.