いい度胸, ii-dokyou - Meaning in Japanese

ii-dokyou いい度胸 is generally used to say someone has "dared" to go against someone else, or had the "nerve" to do something.

Usage

Literally, ii dokyou いい度胸 is a phrase combining the ii いい, "good," with the word for "bravery," dokyou 度胸.

If we were being honest, telling someone they have an ii dokyou would mean they're "brave." That they have courage. It would be a compliment.

But often the character saying this stuff isn't being honest. He's a villain, a bad guy, in some position of authority. So ii dokyou is more like commenting on the courage someone has to have to dare defy you. The nerve they must have to challenge you.

• ore-sama wo ____ towa ii dokyou da
  俺様を〇〇とはいい度胸だ
  To have done ____ to me, [you] have some nerve!
• ore-sama wo mushi suru to wa, ii dokyou da
  俺様を無視するとはいい度胸だ
  To have ignored me, [you] have some nerve!
  [You] must have some nerve to ignore me.
• kono ore wo mataseru towa ii dokyou da
  この俺を待たせるとはいい度胸だ
  To have made me wait, that's some nerve!
• mataseru 待たせる
  To make wait.
  (causative form of...)
• matsu 待つ
  To wait.

ii dokyou shiteru いい度胸してる

The phrase ii dokyou shiteru いい度胸してる means basically someone's having an ii dokyou, someone's having a "good courage," a "nerve," to challenge you. It's an abbreviation.

• ii dokyou shiteru いい度胸してる
• ii dokyou shiteriru いい度胸している
• ii dokyou wo shiteiru いい度胸をしている
• shiteiru is suru in the te-iru form.

ii dokyou janeeka いい度胸じゃねぇか

The phrase ii dokyou janee ka いい度胸じゃねぇか means literally "[that's] a good courage,

• ii dokyou janee ka いい度胸じゃねぇか
• ii dokyou janai ka いい度胸じゃないか
• ii dokyou dewanai ka いい度胸ではないか

Sometimes you have noの instead of ka か as doubt particle:

• ii dokyou janee no いい度胸じゃねぇの
• ii dokyou janai no いい度胸じゃないの

All these phrases mean the same thing.

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