クソ

Japanese
Alternative spellings
糞
屎

Etymology

From Old Japanese.[1]

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

Pronunciation

Noun

クソ or くそ • (kuso) 

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

Interjection

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

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

References
  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 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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