JLPT N2 · い-adjective

図々しい (zuuzuushii)

図々しい (ずうずうしい, zuuzuushii) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “impudent; shameless”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ずうずうしい
Romaji: zuuzuushii
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious · い-adjective

Example sentences

よくずうずうしくそんな事が言えるね。

How dare you say such a thing!

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 図々しい

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	図々しい	ずうずうしい zuuzuushii
Negative	図々しくない	ずうずうしくない zuuzuushikunai
Past	図々しかった	ずうずうしかった zuuzuushikatta
Negative past	図々しくなかった	ずうずうしくなかった zuuzuushikunakatta
Te-form	図々しくて	ずうずうしくて zuuzuushikute
Adverb (~ku)	図々しく	ずうずうしく zuuzuushiku
Conditional (~ba)	図々しければ	ずうずうしければ zuuzuushikereba

Kanji in 図々しい

図

map, drawing, planズ・ト・え・はか.る · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 図々しい.

地図ちずmap図書館としょかんlibrary図ずdrawing合図あいずsign図書としょbooks図るはかるto plan図鑑ずかんpictorial book図形ずけいfigure図表ずひょうchart指図さしずdirections意図いとintention

Source: JMdict entry 1595940 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.