やけくそ

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
自棄糞
焼糞

Etymology

From やけ (yake) + (くそ) (kuso).

Pronunciation

Noun

やけくそ (yakekusoやけくそ (yakekuso)?

  1. (emphatic) Synonym of やけ (yake, despair, desperation)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN