ぼろくそ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
襤褸糞

Etymology

From ぼろ (boro, tattered, shabby) + (くそ) (kuso, dung, crap).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ろくそ [bòrókúsó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [bo̞ɾo̞kɯ̟so̞]

Adjective

ぼろくそ • (borokusoぼろくそ (borokuso)?-na (adnominal ぼろくそ (borokuso na), adverbial ぼろくそ (borokuso ni))

  1. worthless
    ぼろくそ()ぼろくそ()れる
    borokuso ni iu, borokuso ni iwareru
    to speak ill; to be spoken ill of

Inflection

Noun

ぼろくそ • (borokusoぼろくそ (borokuso)?

  1. that which is worthless

References

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