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図々しい (ずうずうしい): impudent, shameless — Japanese vocabulary

図々しい is read ずうずうしい and means "impudent, shameless". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

図々しい

Reading
ずうずうしい · zuuzuushii
Translation
impudent, shameless
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
ずうずうしいが

Example

彼は図々しくもそう言った。

かれはずうずうしくもそういった。

He had the nerve to say that.

Kanji in this word

  • 図 — diagram, plan

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