Word details
やけくそ
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word やけくそ.
Dictionary
Entry
1
More emphatic than やけ
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
Examples
やけくそになった男はしばしばやけくそな事をする。
Desperate men often do desperate things.
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
自
oneself
6 strokesFrequency 19JLPT N3Grade 2
On
ジシ
Kun
みずか.らおの.ずからおの.ずと
Nanori
より
棄
abandon, throw away, discard, resign, reject, sacrifice
13 strokesFrequency 901JLPT N1Grade 8
On
キ
Kun
す.てる
糞
shit, feces, excrement
17 strokesFrequency 2,473
On
フン
Kun
くそ
焼
bake, burning
12 strokesFrequency 982JLPT N2Grade 4
On
ショウ
Kun
や.くや.きや.き--や.きや.ける
Nanori
やいやき
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