くそ

くそ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Likely from こそ (koso).

Suffix

くそ (rōmaji -kuso)

1. a suffix attached to a person's name
   • circa 947-957, Yamato Monogatari (#138):

     こやくしくそといひける人、ある人をよばひてをこせたりける、

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   • c. 1001–1014, Murasaki Shikibu, Genji Monogatari (Tenarai)

     「いで、主殿のくそ。あづま、取りて」

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Etymology 2

From the suffix くそ (-kuso) above. With the omission of the name, this becomes a general second person personal pronoun.

Pronoun

くそ (rōmaji kuso)

1. second person personal pronoun: you
   • circa 959-965, Heichū Monogatari, chapter 17:

     かゝりけるに、くそたち、來けり。「わがもとに來るなめり」と、この男は、見立てりけるに [...]

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   • 970-999, Utsubo Monogatari (Fujiwara no Kimi)

     「いで、有るまじきコといふくソたちかな。」

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   • 970-999, Utsubo Monogatari (Fujiwara no Kimi)

     「おもしろき事の給フくそたちかな。ただかうなり、この事は。京くそたちのし給はんことは[...]」

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   • late 900s, Ochikubo Monogatari, volume 4:

     たゞひそみにひそみ給ひて、「何事もくそも人も、此殿おはせん限りは、えやすくすまじかめり。[...]」

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   • c. 1001–1014, Murasaki Shikibu, Genji Monogatari (Tenarai)

     「いで。その琴、彈き給へ。横笛は、月には、いと、をかしき物ぞかし。いづら。くそたち。琴、取りて參れ」

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Noun

くそ (katakana クソ, rōmaji kuso)

1. 糞, 屎: (vulgar) feces

Interjection

くそ (katakana クソ, rōmaji kuso)

1. 糞, 屎: (swear word) shit

References

• Endō, Yoshimoto; Satoshi Matsuo (1964) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 77: Takamura Monogatari, Heichū Monogatari, Hamamatsu Chūnagon Monogatari (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
• Kōno, Tama (c. 970–999) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 10: Utsubo Monogatari 1 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1959, →ISBN.
• Matsuo, Satoshi; Naohiko Teramoto (1957) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 13: Ochikubo Monogatari (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
• Sakakura, Atsuyoshi; Yūichi Ōtsu, Hiroshi Tsukishima, Toshiko Abe, Gen'e Imai (1957) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 9: Taketori Monogatari, Ise Monogatari, Yamato Monogatari (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
• Yamagishi, Tokuhei (1963) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 18: Genji Monogatari (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN