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クソ

Japanese edit

Alternative spellings
糞
屎

Etymology edit

From Old Japanese.[1]

Cognate with 臭い (kusai, “stinky, smelly”), 腐る (kusaru, “to rot, to become stinky”).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

クソ or くそ • (kuso) 

  1. 糞, 屎: (colloquial, vulgar) feces, excrement; shit.

Interjection edit

クソ or くそ • (kuso) 

  1. 糞, 屎: (vulgar) used to express anger, shock or worry; shit, damn, crap, fuck.
    クソ！玄(げん)関(かん)の鍵(かぎ)をかけ忘(わす)れた！
    Kuso! Genkan no kagi o kake-wasureta!
    Shit! I forgot to lock the front door!

Adjective edit

クソ or くそ • (kuso) 

  1. 糞, 屎: (derogatory, colloquial, vulgar) causing extreme annoyance; blasted, damned.
  2. 糞, 屎: (derogatory, colloquial, vulgar) of extremely poor quality; crappy, shitty
    このノートパソコンはクソだ！
    Kono nōto pasokon wa kuso da!
    This laptop is shit!

Usage notes edit

  1. Not generally considered as offensive as its English counterpart, shit.

References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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