Japanese symbol for “sassy”
生意気盛り
なまいきざかり
Romaji: namaikizakari
young and cheeky; brash; sassy
In Japanese, sassy is 生意気盛り, read なまいきざかり (namaikizakari).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n young and cheeky; brash; sassy
Written forms: 生意気盛り、生意気ざかり. Readings: なまいきざかり.
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 生活 | せいかつ seikatsu | life; living |
| 先生 | せんせい sensei | teacher; instructor; master |
| 人生 | じんせい jinsei | (one's) life |
| 学生 | がくせい gakusei | student (esp. a university student) |
| 発生 | はっせい hassei | occurrence; incidence; outbreak |
| 誕生 | たんじょう tanjou | birth (of a person); nativity |
| 意味 | いみ imi | meaning; significance; sense |
| 注意 | ちゅうい chuui | attention; notice; heed |
| 気持ち | きもち kimochi | feeling; sensation; mood |
| 盛り | さかり sakari | height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); (in) season |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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