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Meanings

shit
excrement

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
くそ

Common Words

クソ
Usually kana
Freq #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

鼻糞
鼻クソ
鼻屎
なくそ (鼻くそ/鼻糞/鼻屎)
はなクソ (鼻クソ)
Noun
Freq #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.
目糞
くそ
目屎
Noun
Freq #122032
1

eye discharge; eye mucus; sleep

Examples
目くそ鼻くそを笑う。
The pot calls the kettle black.
耳屎
耳糞
くそ
Noun
Freq #150890
1

earwax; cerumen

屎尿
にょう
Noun
Freq #166263
1

excreta; raw sewage; human waste; night soil

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
Expression
Freq #167980
1

Idiomatic expression

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

歯屎
歯くそ
くそ
Noun
Freq #211186
1

(dental) plaque

かんしけつ
Noun
Freq #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

にくそ
にばば
Noun
Freq #258853
1

Rare term

meconium

金屎
鉄屎
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #283334
1

slag; dross

2

iron rust

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