腹黒い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
はら
Grade: 6
くろ > ぐろ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
腹黑い (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) らぐろ [hàrágúróꜜì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠ɾa̠ɡɯ̟ɾo̞i]

Adjective

(はら)(ぐろ) • (haraguroi-i (adverbial (はら)(ぐろ) (haraguroku))

  1. malicious (hurtful)
  2. devious (of a person)

Inflection

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.