恥知らず

Japanese

Kanji in this term
はじ
Grade: S

Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

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

Adjective

(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

Synonyms

  • 鉄面皮(てつめんぴ) (tetsumenpi)

Noun

(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.

Synonyms

  • 鉄面皮(てつめんぴ) (tetsumenpi)

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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