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生意気 (なまいき) - N2 vocabulary
impertinent,saucy,cheeky,conceit,audacious,brazen
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- あいつの生意気な話し方が嫌いだ。 I don't like his smart way of talking.
- これ以上生意気言うとたたくぞ。 No more of your cheek or I'll hit you!
- 私が彼女に求婚していたら、生意気な奴らが割り込んできた。 Some smart-alecks cut in when I was asking her to marry me.
- 私の前で生意気な口をきくんじゃないぞ、さもないと痛い目にあうからな。 Don't get smart with me, or you'll get a black eye!
- 生意気な人間は誰からも嫌われる。 Nobody likes a wise guy.
- 生意気にも彼は私の申し出を断った。 He had the presumption to reject my proposal.
- 全く生意気だ。 He has plenty of cheek.
- 大人の一方的な観点からは、子供たちの態度はしばしば生意気に見える。 From an adult's one-sided point of view, children's attitudes often seem to be disobedient.
- 大人をからかうなんて生意気だ。 It is impudent of you to make fun of adults.
- 彼の意見は本当に生意気だった。 His remark was really out of line.
- 彼は父親に生意気な事を言った。 He was impertinent to his father.
- 彼をからかうなんて生意気だ。 It is impudent of you to jest at him.
