ujanja

How to say it

Meaning

Quick cleverness used to get ahead, which may be admired as smartness or condemned as cunning and trickery.

Good to know

U class noun with no plural; mjanja is a clever or cunning person, plural wajanja. Kwa ujanja, cleverly, by a trick; ujanja ujanja, underhand dealings.

Examples

• Alitumia ujanja kutoroka gerezani.He used cunning to escape from prison.
• Ujanja wa sungura unajulikana katika hadithi nyingi.The hare’s cleverness is known in many stories.
• Hakuna ujanja katika kazi hii, ni bidii tu.There is no trick to this work, it is just hard work.