やけくそ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
自棄糞 焼糞

Etymology

From やけ (yake) + 糞(くそ) (kuso).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やけくそ [yàkékúsó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠ke̞kɯ̟so̞]

Noun

やけくそ • (yakekuso) ^{←やけくそ (yakekuso)?}

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