うんち

Japanese

Etymology 1

From うん (un, the sound made when straining)[1] + ち (chi), a suffixing element of unclear derivation; possibly related to the directional nominalizer ち (chi) also seen in words like こっち (kotchi, “this way, this direction”), どっち (dotchi, “which way, which direction”).

Pronunciation

Noun

うんち or ウンチ • (unchi) 

  1. (childish) poop, shit, feces

Verb

うんちする or ウンチする • (unchi suru) suru (stem うんちし (unchi shi), past うんちした (unchi shita))

  1. (childish) to poop, to shit
Conjugation
Conjugation of "うんちする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") うんちし unchi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") うんちし unchi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") うんちする unchi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") うんちする unchi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") うんちすれ unchi sure
Meireikei ("imperative") うんちせよ¹
うんちしろ² 		unchi seyo¹
unchi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive うんちされる unchi sareru
Causative うんちさせる
うんちさす 		unchi saseru
unchi sasu
Potential うんちできる unchi dekiru
Volitional うんちしよう unchi shiyō
Negative うんちしない unchi shinai
Negative continuative うんちせず unchi sezu
Formal うんちします unchi shimasu
Perfective うんちした unchi shita
Conjunctive うんちして unchi shite
Hypothetical conditional うんちすれば unchi sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of うんち – see the following entry.
【運痴】
[noun] (colloquial) short for 運動音痴
(This term, うんち (unchi), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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