悪わる賢がしこい

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悪賢い · i-adjective

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	悪わる賢がしこい	悪わる賢がしこくない
Polite	悪わる賢がしこいです	悪わる賢がしこくないですalso 悪わる賢がしこくありません
Past polite	悪わる賢がしこかったです	悪わる賢がしこくなかったですalso 悪わる賢がしこくありませんでした
Past	悪わる賢がしこかった	悪わる賢がしこくなかった
Te-form	悪わる賢がしこくて	悪わる賢がしこくなくて
Adverbial	悪わる賢がしこく
Conditional	悪わる賢がしこければ	悪わる賢がしこくなければ
Tara conditional	悪わる賢がしこかったら	悪わる賢がしこくなかったら

Meanings

Describes someone who uses cleverness in a negative, self-serving way; implies shrewdness with a dishonest or manipulative edge.

悪わる賢がしこい〈人ひと〉a cunning/sly person
彼かれは悪わる賢がしこい商しょう人にんで、いつも客きゃくをだましている。
He's a crafty merchant who is always cheating his customers.
〈人ひと〉は悪わる賢がしこいsomeone is cunning/sly
あの子こは本ほん当とうに悪わる賢がしこいから、すぐに嘘うそをついて逃にげる。
That kid is really cunning, so he lies and slips away in no time.
悪わる賢がしこい知ち恵えを働はたらかせるto use one's cunning wits (for a dishonest purpose)
彼かれは悪わる賢がしこい知ち恵えを働はたらかせて、税ぜい金きんを逃のがれる方ほう法ほうを見みつけた。
He used his cunning to figure out a way to dodge taxes.

ずるいN3
ずるい is a casual, everyday word for unfair or sneaky behavior, while 悪賢い stresses clever, calculating cunning behind the dishonesty.
狡こう猾かつ
狡猾 is a formal, written term for cunning used in serious contexts like politics or crime, whereas 悪賢い is the everyday spoken equivalent.
腹はら黒ぐろい
腹黒い emphasizes a hidden malicious or scheming heart, while 悪賢い focuses more on the clever tactics used to deceive.
抜ぬけ目めない
抜け目ない describes someone shrewd who never misses an advantage, without the moral condemnation that 悪賢い carries.
狡ずる賢がしこいN1
悪賢い and ずる賢い both describe cunning used for selfish or harmful ends, but 悪賢い leans slightly more toward malicious intent.

正しょう直じきN3
正直 describes honest, straightforward behavior, the opposite of the deceitful cleverness implied by 悪賢い.

賢かしこいN3
賢い simply means smart or wise with a positive or neutral connotation, whereas 悪賢い adds the negative sense of using that intelligence for dishonest ends.

悪わる賢がしこいUsage68%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
悪わるがしこいUsage24%
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; sometimes used for clarity or emphasis.
わるがしこいUsage8%

Compound of 悪 (わる, 'bad') and 賢い (かしこい, 'clever, smart'). The combination yields 'clever in a bad way', i.e., cunning or crafty.