むなくそ

Japanese
Alternative spellings
胸糞
胸くそ

Alternative forms
  • むねくそ (munekuso)

Etymology

From 胸(むな) (muna) + 糞(くそ) (kuso).

The adjective sense developed as a shortening of 胸(むな)糞(くそ)が悪(わる)い (munakuso ga warui, “revolting”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) むなくそ [mùnákúsó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mɯ̟ᵝna̠kɯ̟ᵝso̞]

Noun

むなくそ • (munakuso) ←むなくそ (munakuso)?

  1. Only used in 胸糞が悪い (munakuso ga warui, “revolting”); defined in various reference works as a disparaging word for one's chest

Adjective

むなくそ • (munakuso) ←むなくそ (munakuso)?-na (adnominal むなくそな (munakuso na na), adverbial むなくそに (munakuso ni ni))

  1. (informal) revolting
    胸(むな)糞(くそ)な展開(てんかい)
    munakuso na tenkai
    revolting development
    胸(むな)糞(くそ)注意(ちゅうい)
    munakuso chūi
    warning: disgusting content

Inflection
Inflection of むなくそ
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) むなくそだろ munakuso daro
Continuative (連用形) むなくそで munakuso de
Terminal (終止形) むなくそだ munakuso da
Attributive (連体形) むなくそな munakuso na
Hypothetical (仮定形) むなくそなら munakuso nara
Imperative (命令形) むなくそであれ munakuso de are
Key constructions
Informal negative むなくそではない
むなくそじゃない		 munakuso de wa nai
munakuso ja nai
Informal past むなくそだった munakuso datta
Informal negative past むなくそではなかった
むなくそじゃなかった		 munakuso de wa nakatta
munakuso ja nakatta
Formal むなくそです munakuso desu
Formal negative むなくそではありません
むなくそじゃありません		 munakuso de wa arimasen
munakuso ja arimasen
Formal past むなくそでした munakuso deshita
Formal negative past むなくそではありませんでした
むなくそじゃありませんでした		 munakuso de wa arimasen deshita
munakuso ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive むなくそで munakuso de
Conditional むなくそなら（ば） munakuso nara (ba)
Provisional むなくそだったら munakuso dattara
Volitional むなくそだろう munakuso darō
Adverbial むなくそに munakuso ni
Degree むなくそさ munakusosa

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