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JLPT N2na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

生なま意い気き

namaiki

cheeky, impudent

Example sentences

彼かれは父親ちちおやに生意気なまいきな事ことを言いった。
He was impertinent to his father.
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全まったく生意気なまいきだ。
He has plenty of cheek.
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生意気なまいきな人間にんげんは誰だれからも嫌きらわれる。
Nobody likes a wise guy.
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Kanji in 生意気

生life; genuineOnセイ・ショウKunいきる・いかす・なま
意idea; mindOnイ
気spirit; mindOnキ・ケKunいき・き

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