奴

Reading

Kana: やっこ

Romaji: yakko

Definitions

noun

1

servant (esp. a samurai's attendant)

2

chivalrous man (c. Edo period)

3

cubed tofu (often served cold)

Note: abbreviation

See also: 奴豆腐

4

kite shaped like a footman

Note: abbreviation

See also: 奴凧

5

Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants

Note: abbreviation

See also: 奴頭

6

enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime)

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7

he; she; him; her

Note: archaism; derogatory

Kanji

奴

Readings: ド、 やつ、 やっこ

Meanings: guy, slave, manservant, fellow

Example Sentences

陰険(いんけん)な奴(やっこ)。

➥You are a snake!

暇(ひま)なやつだ。

➥Don't you have anything better to do?

下劣(げれつ)なやつだ。

➥He is a mean fellow.

卑屈(ひくつ)な奴(やっこ)。

➥Don't be a dog.

気色(けしき)悪(わる)い奴(やっこ)だ。

➥He gives me the creeps.

たいした奴(やつ)だ。

➥Hotshot!