白々しい
しらじらしい
transparent (lie), barefaced
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Examples
白々しい嘘をつく。
しらじらしいうそをつく。
He tells barefaced lies.
白々しい言い訳はやめてほしい。
しらじらしいいいわけはやめてほしい。
I wish he'd stop with the transparent excuses.
知っているくせに白々しく尋ねてきた。
しっているくせにしらじらしくたずねてきた。
He knew perfectly well, yet asked with a straight face.
Common patterns
- 白々しい嘘
- a barefaced lie
- 白々しい態度
- a shamelessly feigned manner
- 白々しく言う
- to say with feigned innocence
Memory tip
The lie is not just false — it is obviously false and everyone present knows it, and the word carries the speaker's irritation at the nerve of it. Related to しらばくれる, to play dumb.
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