Kanji 臓 entrails, viscera, bowels Related words 厚あつ かましい 厚かましい is a common adjective for 'shameless' or 'impudent', while 心臓に毛が生えた is a more vivid, idiomatic phrase emphasizing audacity.
図ずう 々ずう しい 図々しい also means 'impudent' or 'shameless', but 心臓に毛が生えた carries a stronger image of brazenness and is more colloquial.
Written forms 心しん 臓ぞう に 毛け が 生は えた
Standard kanji spelling for this idiomatic expression.
心しん 臓ぞう にけがはえた
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; the kana け makes the reading clearer.
Etymology The phrase literally means 'hair has grown on one's heart', implying a heart so calloused or insensitive that it grows hair, hence a person is shameless or brazen. The exact origin is uncertain, but it is a well-established Japanese idiom.
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