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千枚張り (せんまいばり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
multilayered ; cheeky ; thick-skinned
Literally 'a thousand layers thick'. Used figuratively to describe someone who is brazen, shameless, or has a lot of nerve. Often appears in set phrases like 千枚張りの面の皮 (a face as thick as a thousand layers).
よく も そんな 千せん 枚まい 張ば り な こと が 言い える ね 。
How can you say something so cheeky?
Kanji 枚 sheet of..., counter for flat thin objects or sheets 張 counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread Similar words 厚あつ かましい A common adjective meaning 'shameless' or 'impudent'. 千枚張り is a more colorful, idiomatic noun used in fixed expressions.
図ずう 々ずう しい Another common adjective for 'cheeky' or 'brazen'. 千枚張り is rarer and more literary.
Etymology Compound of 千枚 (a thousand sheets) and 張り (stretching, pasting). The image is of something layered a thousand times, implying extreme thickness, and by extension, brazenness.