生意気
N2なまいき namaiki
- impertinent
- saucy
- cheeky
- conceit
- audacious
- 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。
- 大人をからかうなんて生意気だ。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"
}
}