うんこ
Japanese
Etymology
From うん (un, the sound made when straining) + こ (-ko, diminutive nominalizer).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) うんこ [úꜜǹkò] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
- IPA(key): [ɯ̟̃ᵝŋko̞]
Noun
うんこ • (unko)
- (childish) poop, doo-doo, number two
- 1996 February 20 [Feb 15 1988], Adachi, Mitsuru, “交差点前 [In Front of the Intersection]”, in SHORT PROGRAM [SHORT PROGRAM], volume 1 (fiction), 25th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 57:
- どこ行くんだよ?克明。
- Doko ikun da yo? Katsuaki.
- Where you going, Katsuaki?
- Unko!
- Number two!
- どこ行くんだよ?克明。
- 2010 January 9, Sorachi, Hideaki, “第二百七十五訓 捜しものをする時はそいつの目線になって捜せ [Lesson 275: When You Look for Something, Look from Its Viewpoint]”, in 銀魂 [Silver Soul], volume 32 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
- …俺達?まさか…お前もここで立ちションした人…間?
- …Oretachi? Masaka… omae mo koko de tachishonshita nin…gen?
- …We? Hold on… did you pee here when you were hu…man too?
- Tachishon ja nai unko da
- It wasn’t pee, it was a dump
- …俺達?まさか…お前もここで立ちションした人…間?
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Usage notes
- An informal and somewhat childish word; compare the more formal 大便 (daiben).
- While うんこ (unko) is sometimes given as a literal translation of English interjection shit! as an expression of displeasure, this is inaccurate, as unko! sounds more like someone saying “Oh turd!” or “Oh doo-doo!” in English. Rather, the vulgar くそ (kuso, “shit, excrement”) or the less vulgar ちぇ (che, onomatopoeic interjection of displeasure) may be used, while the most common expression of displeasure is しまった (shimatta, “oops, uh-oh”, usually when it is one's own fault).
Verb
うんこする • (unko suru) suru (stem うんこし (unko shi), past うんこした (unko shita))
- (childish) to poop, to poo, to go number two
Conjugation
Conjugation of "うんこする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms | ||||
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Imperfective (未然形) | うんこし | unko shi | ||
Continuative (連用形) | うんこし | unko shi | ||
Terminal (終止形) | うんこする | unko suru | ||
Attributive (連体形) | うんこする | unko suru | ||
Hypothetical (仮定形) | うんこすれ | unko sure | ||
Imperative (命令形) | うんこせよ¹ うんこしろ² | unko seyo¹ unko shiro² | ||
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | うんこされる | unko sareru | ||
Causative | うんこさせる うんこさす | unko saseru unko sasu | ||
Potential | うんこできる | unko dekiru | ||
Volitional | うんこしよう | unko shiyō | ||
Negative | うんこしない | unko shinai | ||
Negative continuative | うんこせず | unko sezu | ||
Formal | うんこします | unko shimasu | ||
Perfective | うんこした | unko shita | ||
Conjunctive | うんこして | unko shite | ||
Hypothetical conditional | うんこすれば | unko sureba | ||
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative |
See also
- うんち (unchi, “poop”)
- 糞 (kuso, “shit”)
- 大便 (daiben, “stool”)
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN