Japanese edit

Alternative spellings
自棄糞
焼糞

Etymology edit

From やけ (yake) + (くそ) (kuso).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

やけくそ (yakekusoやけくそ (yakekuso)?

  1. (emphatic) Synonym of やけ (yake, despair, desperation)

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN