白々しい

しらじらしい
Alternative writings: 白白しい
Frequency:
1

blatant, shameless, or barefaced (e.g., an obvious lie or insincere compliment); openly insincere.

I-Adjective

Examples

そんな白々しい嘘は子どもでも見抜ける。

Even children can see through such an obvious lie.

彼の白々しいお世辞にうんざりした。

I was fed up with his shameless flattery.

証拠があるのに白々しい顔をするな。

Don't put on such a shameless face when there's evidence.

2

feigning ignorance; pretending not to know (a disingenuous attitude).

I-Adjective

Examples

彼は事故を見ていたのに白々しい態度で知らないと言った。

He had seen the accident but pretended not to know with a shameless attitude.

『知らないよ』と白々しく言うな。

Don't say 'I don't know' so obviously insincerely.

3

(rare/poetic) very white or brightly clear in appearance; pallidly bright.

I-Adjective

Examples

冬の夜、月が白々しく空を照らしていた。

On a winter night the moon shone whitely across the sky.

雪で景色が白々しく覆われている。

The landscape is covered in a pale white by the snow.

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