Word Meaning いざ知らず

いざしらず izashirazu

いざ知らず is read as いざしらず (izashirazu) and means I don't know about ... but.

Meaning

English

I don't know about ... but
it may be possible for ... but

Reading

Kana

いざしらず

Romaji

izashirazu

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Proverb ✓ Rank 97569 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

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見ず知らず

みずしらず

unfamiliarity

知らず知らず

しらずしらず

unconsciously

人知れず

ひとしれず

secretly

世間知らず

せけんしらず

ignorant of the ways of the world

恩知らず

おんしらず

ungrateful

恥知らず

はじしらず

shameless

詠み人知らず

よみびとしらず

author unknown

天井知らず

てんじょうしらず

skyrocketing (prices)

身知らず

みしらず

self-conceit

感謝知らず

かんしゃしらず

ungrateful

身の程知らず

みのほどしらず

not knowing one's social position

臭い物身知らず

くさいものみしらず

it's hard to notice one's own faults

Example Sentences

昔ならいざ知らず、今はＦＡＸも、メールもある。

I don't know about the past, but now we have faxes and emails.

彼ならいざ知らず、私ではその試験には合格できっこない。

For him it may be possible, but I'd never pass the test.