shit, excrement

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Kun

くそ

Dictionary

Common Words

クソUsually kanaFreq #3135
1

Interjection

damn; damn it; shit; crap

2

Colloquial; Common noun

feces; excrement; dung

Examples
お前の鼻をクソに擦りつけてやった。
I sure rubbed your nose in shit.
3

Prefix

damn; damned; blasted; stupid

Examples
四天王も倒した、クソ長い地下迷宮もクリアした。
I'd defeated the four sub-bosses and got through the damn long underground labyrinth.
4

Prefix

very; extremely; really

5

Colloquial; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

terrible; awful; shit; crap

6

Slang; Adverb (fukushi)

a lot

7

Common noun; As ...もくそもない or ...もくそもあるか

negligible; insignificant; not mattering at all; counting for nothing; hardly worth consideration; out of the question

鼻くそ鼻糞鼻クソ鼻屎なくそ (鼻くそ/鼻糞/鼻屎)はなクソ (鼻クソ)NounFreq #59069
1

nasal discharge; nasal mucus; snot; booger; bogey

Examples
目くそ鼻くそを笑う。
The pot calls the kettle black.
目くそ目糞くそ目屎NounFreq #122032
1

eye discharge; eye mucus; sleep

Examples
目くそ鼻くそを笑う。
The pot calls the kettle black.
耳くそ耳屎耳糞くそNounFreq #150890
1

earwax; cerumen

し尿屎尿にょうNounFreq #166263
1

excreta; raw sewage; human waste; night soil

目くそ鼻くそを笑う目糞鼻糞を笑う目糞鼻屎を笑うめくそはなくそをわらうExpressionFreq #167980
1

Idiomatic expression

the pot calling the kettle black; the goop in the eye laughing at the snot in the nose

歯糞歯屎歯くそくそNounFreq #211186
1

(dental) plaque

乾屎橛かんしけつNounFreq #251489
1

Derogatory; Buddhism; Ref. to the Buddha in a famous koan; trad. translated as "dried shit stick" (now considered a mistranslation of the orig. Chinese)

something worthless; something impure; something unimportant; dried excrement in the shape of a stick

蟹屎にくそにばばNounFreq #258853
1

Rare term

meconium

なくそ金屎鉄屎NounUsually kanaFreq #283334
1

slag; dross

2

iron rust

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