糞垂れ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
糞	垂
くそ Hyōgai	た Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
糞っ垂れ (emphatic)

Etymology

Compound of 糞 (kuso, “shit, poop, feces”) +‎ 垂れ (tare, “hanging, dangling”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 垂れる tareru “to hang down, to dangle”).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Pronunciation

Standard pronunciation:

(Tokyo) くそたれ [kùsótáré] (Heiban – [0])^[3]
(Tokyo) くそたれ [kùsótáréꜜ] (Odaka – [4])^[2]^[3]
(Tokyo) くそたれ [kùsótáꜜrè] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2]
IPA^(key): [kɯ̟so̞ta̠ɾe̞]

Emphatic pronunciation:

(Tokyo) くそったれ [kùsóttáré] (Heiban – [0])^[3]
(Tokyo) くそったれ [kùsóttáréꜜ] (Odaka – [5])^[3]
IPA^(key): [kɯ̟so̞t̚ta̠ɾe̞]

Noun

糞(くそ)垂(た)れ • (kusotare) (alternative reading hiragana くそったれ, rōmaji kusottare)

(rude) a dingleberry (a clump of feces hanging near the anus)
(vulgar, derogatory) a dingleberry, an asshole, a shithead (used as an insult)
(vulgar) shit, fuck, goddammit

Usage notes

This term is most often used in the pejorative shithead sense. It is often also pronounced with the extra mora in the middle, as kusottare, for emphasis.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

↑ ^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
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ-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

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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