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恥知らず

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
はじ
Grade: S

Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of (haji, shame, embarrassment) +‎ 知らず (shirazu, not knowing, the negative 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative form) of verb 知る shiru, “to know”).[1][2]

The ren'yōkei can only be followed by another verb or adjective, so this was followed in classical Japanese by auxiliary verb なる (naru), abbreviated from (ni, particle) + ある (aru, to be). This further abbreviated to the particle (na) in modern Japanese to result in the na-adjective form.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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(はじ)()らず (hajishirazu-na (adnominal (はじ)()らず (hajishirazu na), adverbial (はじ)()らず (hajishirazu ni))

  1. shameless
    恥知(はじし)らず詐欺(さぎ)
    hajishirazu na sagi
    shameless fraud

Inflection

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Synonyms

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Noun

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(はじ)()らず (hajishirazu

  1. shameless person
    暴力(ぼうりょく)使(つか)うなど恥知(はじし)らずだ。
    Bōryoku o tsukau nado hajishirazu da.
    He uses violence and is shameless.

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN