trickster

(mythology, literature) Any of numerous figures featuring in various mythologies and folk traditions, who use guile and secret knowledge to challenge authority and play tricks and pranks on others; any similar figure in literature.

Japanese Meaning

神話や民話、文学に登場する、ずる賢さや秘密の知識を駆使して権威に挑戦し、いたずらや策略を仕掛ける人物。 / 一種のずる賢いいたずら者や策略家としてのキャラクター

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The cunning trickster used an old riddle to expose the corrupt council and slipped away laughing.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

ずる賢いたずら者は古い謎かけを使って腐敗した評議会を暴き、笑いながら立ち去った。

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Sense（1）

The trickster is one of the oldest and most widespread of mythological and literary figures. […] As the name implies, the trickster is, on one level—probably the most important—an amoral practical joker who wanders about playing pranks on unsuspecting victims […] With all the fluctuations, certain things about the trickster are predictable: he is always a wanderer, always hungry, and usually oversexed.

Tricksters abound in folktales […] .

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Sense（2）

One who plays tricks or pranks on others.

Sense（3）

One who performs tricks (parts of a magician' act or entertaining difficult physical actions).

Sense（4）

An impish or playful person.

Sense（5）

A fraud (person who performs a trick for the purpose of unlawful gain).

tricksters

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