下衆の勘繰り

げすのかんぐり

Also written 下種の勘繰り, 下司の勘繰り

Meanings

1. Expression, Noun putting a deliberately bad interpretation (on a person's actions); petty-minded suspicion

Kanji

• 下 down. Read as ゲ.
• 衆 masses
• 勘 intuition. Read as カン.
• 繰 reel. Read as くる.

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