図々しい

ずうずうしい · zuuzuushii · JLPT N2 · i-adj

shameless

🐒 sounds like zoo-zoo-shy: a zoo animal with zero shame, the opposite of shy

Zuu-zuu sounds like zoo, and shii sounds like shy. Shameless is the opposite of shy, so this is a zoo animal with no shame.

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