やつ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
奴
ヤツ

Pronunciation

Noun

やつ or ヤツ • (yatsu) ←やつ (yatu)?

  1. (colloquial, impolite) fellow, chap, guy
    変(へん)なやつ
    hen na yatsu
    a strange fella
    知(し)らんやつ
    shiran yatsu
    some dude I don't know
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Pronoun

やつ or ヤツ • (yatsu) ←やつ (yatu)?

  1. (colloquial, impolite) he, she, (singular) they
    ヤツを殺(ころ)せ。
    Yatsu o korose.
    Kill him.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of やつ – see the following entries.
【八つ】
[noun] eight things [small or without a counter category]
Alternative spellings
8つ, やっつ
【谷】2
[noun] a low-lying wetland
[noun] a valley
Alternative spelling
谷津
(This term, やつ (yatsu), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as やつ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as やつ.

References

  1. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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