計算高(けいさんだか)い

けいさんだかい
i-adjective
calculating; shrewd; mercenary
descriptive
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present計算高(けいさんだか)い計算高(けいさんだか)くない
Past計算高(けいさんだか)かった計算高(けいさんだか)くなかった
て form計算高(けいさんだか)くて計算高(けいさんだか)くなくて
Adverbial計算高(けいさんだか)く—
Conditional ば計算高(けいさんだか)ければ計算高(けいさんだか)くなければ
Conditional たら計算高(けいさんだか)かったら計算高(けいさんだか)くなかったら
1. calculating; shrewd; mercenary
Describes a person who carefully calculates personal advantage in everything they do. Almost always negative, implying excessive self-interest or manipulation.
あの人(ひと)は計算高(けいさんだか)い。
That person is calculating.
計算高(けいさんだか)い彼女(かのじょ)は損(そん)になることは絶対(ぜったい)にしない。
Being calculating, she never does anything that doesn't benefit her.
親切(しんせつ)そうに見(み)えるが、実(じつ)は計算高(けいさんだか)くて自分(じぶん)の利益(りえき)しか考(かんが)えていない。
He looks kind, but he's actually calculating and only thinks about his own interests.

Usage

計算高(けいさんだか)い is almost always negative, suggesting someone who weighs every action in terms of personal gain. Unlike 賢(かしこ)い (clever) or 頭(あたま)がいい (smart), which are positive, 計算高(けいさんだか)い implies a cold, self-serving shrewdness.

Common collocations

Similar words

狡(ずる)い (sly, unfair) is more bluntly negative. 抜(ぬ)け目(め)がない (shrewd, missing nothing) can be slightly more neutral or even admiring.

Related Words

Compare: 狡(ずる)い (sly, unfair)
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Added 2026.3.12 17:59 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01
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