糞垂れ

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
くそ
Hyōgaiji

Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
糞っ垂れ (emphatic)

Etymology[edit]

Compound of (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[edit]

Standard pronunciation:

Emphatic pronunciation:

Noun[edit]

(くそ)() (kusotare (alternative reading hiragana くそったれ, rōmaji kusottare)

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

Usage notes[edit]

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[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. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  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, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN