1 Probably zurui: ç‹¡ã„

2  Hmmm. That doesn't really seem right, at least for when Uiharu used it.

3 Not having the context, I can't speak for Uiharu, but Marika is definitely saying "zurui". My big dictionary has two separate meanings: "sly; cunning; crafty; foxy; slick" and "unfair; foul; dishonest". One of the examples given is "zurui koto wo shite katsu" = "to win unfairly". A related word is "zuru-yasumi" = "truancy; playing hooky".

-j

4 I cannot distinguish those sounds. Always thought it was "tsurui".

5

Ep 3 of Railgun has Saten and Uiharu visiting the Gardens of Education, the neighborhood where Tokiwadai Middle School is located. Academy City is a police state, of course, and access to the Gardens of Education is strictly limited. The only reason that Saten and Uiharu are permitted to visit is that Kuroko invited them. (I don't think it was "Kuroko, member of Judgement"; I think it was just "Kuroko, attendee of Tokiwadai Middle School".)

The four of them are going to visit a particular Italian bakery to get dessert. But on the way, Saten slips and falls in a puddle and gets soaked.

So Kuroko loans Saten a set of her own clothing, i.e. a Tokiwadai uniform. Uiharu is a fangrrl; it's a running joke that she idolizes rich girls, including pretty much everyone in Tokiwadai. After Saten has finished changing, Uiharu sulks a bit and says, "It's not fair. Saten gets to wear a Tokiwadai uniform and I don't."

That's where she used the word.

My mnemonic summary of ep 3 is "Eyebrow girl", just in case you don't remember it very well. And it was the fact that she was wearing a Tokiwadai uniform that got Saten attacked.

Thanks, all; I'm going to add zurui to my "Next Hundred".

6 I also submitted an update to JMdict with the "unfair" meaning; GG4 is a standard reference, so they should accept it without much debate.

-j