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狡猾, こうかつ

  • kōkatsu

Definition

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

  • sly
  • cunning
  • crafty

Examples of 狡猾,こうかつ in a Sentence

それだけ北朝鮮は（中国も）狡猾なんです。
That's just how cunning North Korea (and China) is.
スフィンクスはテーベ市へ行く途中の何百人もの人を食べてしまっていた。というのはその人達が、こうかつなスフィンクスが出すなぞなぞに答えられなかったからであった。
The Sphinx had eaten hundreds of people on their way to the city of Thebes, because they could not answer the riddle the cunning Sphinx had asked them.

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