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A3 Noun

小細工(こざいく)intricate workmanship, delicate handiwork, cheap trick, petty trick, obvious stratagem

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    1. Noun

      1.

      intricate workmanship, delicate handiwork

    2. Noun

      2.

      cheap trick, petty trick, obvious stratagem

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    小細工 【こざいく】

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      不器用(ぶきよう)なので小細工(こざいく)苦手(にがて)です。

      I'm clumsy, so I'm not good at cheap tricks.

        小細工(こざいく)(いじ)する彼らには本当にウンザリだ。

        I am really fed up with them playing around with cheap tricks.

          彼女(かのじょ)(あたま)非常(ひじょう)()いので小細工(こざいく)(まった)通用(つうよう)しません。

          Because she is extremely intelligent, petty tricks don't work on her at all.

            主人(しゅじん):「この俺様(おれさま)にそんな小細工(こざいく)通用(つうよう)すると(おも)っているのか?無礼者(ぶれいもの)!」

            Master: "Do you think such petty tricks would work on someone like me? You insolent fool!"

              その(だれ)()てもお粗末(そまつ)だと()える小細工(こざいく)は、バレるべくしてバレたのである。

              That petty trick, which anyone could call shoddy, was exposed because it was bound to be.

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