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生なま意い気き

N2
なまいき namaiki
  1. impertinent
  2. saucy
  3. cheeky
  4. conceit
  5. audacious
  6. brazen
な-adjectivenoun

Chinese meanings

傲慢;不客气

Examples

  • 彼は父親に生意気な事を言った。
    He was impertinent to his father.
    他对父亲说了不客气的话。
  • 大人おとなをからかうなんて生なま意い気きだ。
    It is impudent of you to make fun of adults.
    竟然取笑大人,真没礼貌。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('5db5c3dadc'); // 生意気
{
  "id": "5db5c3dadc",
  "word": "生意気",
  "reading": "なまいき",
  "romaji": "namaiki",
  "meanings": [
    "impertinent",
    "saucy",
    "cheeky",
    "conceit",
    "audacious",
    "brazen"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "adj-na",
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1378790,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼は父親に生意気な事を言った。",
      "en": "He was impertinent to his father.",
      "tatoeba_id": 100361
    },
    {
      "ja": "大人をからかうなんて生意気だ。",
      "furigana": "{大人|おとな}をからかうなんて{生意気|なまいき}だ。",
      "en": "It is impudent of you to make fun of adults.",
      "tatoeba_id": 137472
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "0e66f56f29bfe145d03e69da1dc930435ca575fb3054564595454bb9e9275d9a",
    "meanings": [
      "傲慢",
      "不客气"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼は父親に生意気な事を言った。",
        "zh": "他对父亲说了不客气的话。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "大人をからかうなんて生意気だ。",
        "zh": "竟然取笑大人,真没礼貌。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/5db5c3dadc",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1378790; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "a0f1b9e555a2ea4d68431bd43ea1b9bb66aa4bf7e85f35b90912687434330182"
  }
}