What does "zurusona" mean?


Miyabe Kingo wrote in an English-language letter the phrase “a sharp zurusona
wife” to describe the woman whose house he boarded at. "Zurusona" seems to be
the insertion of a Japanese word written in romaji into his otherwise English
sentence, which he felt best described her to the Japanese reader rather than
writing a fully English description. What does it mean?

I tried looking it up under these spellings ずるそな、ずるそうな、 even づるそな、づるそうな but
the only thing I found was 狡(ずる＝cunning deed; sneaky person). Can 狡 be turned
into a form that might be romanized as "zurusona"?




狡{ずる}い = "sly / dishonest / sneaky." And 狡{ずる}そうな = "looks sly / dishonest /
sneaky."

Does this help?




狡{ずる}い = "sly / dishonest / sneaky." And 狡{ずる}そうな = "looks sly / dishonest /
sneaky."

Does this help?

