Vocab Info
A1 い-adjective
世知辛いhard (life), tough (world)
Dictionary Definition
い-adjective
1.
tough (world), hard (times), cold
2.
stingy, miserly, mercenary, calculating, scheming
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世知辛い 【せちがらい】
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私は世知辛い世の中にウンザリしています。
I am fed up with this tough world.
- N1
あの人は世知辛い商法で確実に儲けているそうだ。
It seems that person is reliably making a profit through calculated business methods.
- N1
世知辛いあの人と一緒にいると疲れてしまいます。
Being with that person, who is calculating, wears me out.
- N1
結婚前は全て奢ってくれた彼も、結婚後に世知辛くなった。
Before we got married, he used to treat me to everything, but after we got married, he became stingy.
- N1
物価は上がるわ、給料は上がらないわ、本当に世知辛い世の中である。
The cost of living is rising and salaries aren't increasing, it really is a tough world.
- N1
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