Meaning

Primary

Shameless Person

Word Type

noun, な adjective

Explanation

is a "disgrace." If you 知らず then you don't know something. In this case, you don't know disgrace, and a person who doesn't know disgrace is a shameless person, because they don't care what disgraces them and what doesn't.

Reading

はじしらず
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading is and 知る put together.

Context

Context Sentences

あの俺の兄貴は恥知らずの嘘つきだ。何の事だかサッパリ分からないなんて言ってたくせに、俺のベーコンを平らげたのはアイツだったんだよ。

My brother is such a shameless liar. He told me he had no idea what happened, but he was the one who ate all my bacon.

Kanji Composition