彼奴

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
彼 奴
あ
Grade: S		 やつ > いつ
Grade: S
kun’yomi irregular

/ajat͡su/ → /ait͡su/

Shift from older ayatsu reading below. Appears from at least the 1500s.[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

Pronoun

彼(あ)奴(いつ) • (aitsu) 

  1. (informal) that guy, girl, or thing over there
    あいつ本(ほん)当(とう)嫌(きら)い。
    Aitsu hontō kirai.
    I really hate that guy/girl.
    • 1988 July 30 [Jul 25 1984], Fujiko F. Fujio, “ふたりぼっち [Altwo]”, in ポストの中の明日 [Post-Mid-Tomorrow] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 2), volume 2 (fiction), 10th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 177:
      「足(あし)腰(こし)をきたえてあ(﹅)い(﹅)つ(﹅)をぶん投(な)げてみたかったんだ」
      “Ashikoshi o kitaete AITSU o bunnagete mitakatta n da”
      “I trained my legs so that I could beat HIM in wrestling”
    • 2002 March 9, Hotta, Yumi; Obata, Takeshi, “第(だい)131(ひゃくさんじゅういち)局(きょく)　試(ため)される伊(い)角(すみ) [Game 131: Isumi’s Endeavor]”, in ヒカルの碁 [Hikaru’s Go], volume 16 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 68:
      楽(レェ)平(ピン)⁉アイツに負(ま)けた⁉
      Rē Pin⁉ Aitsu ni maketa⁉
      Le Ping!? You lost to that brat!?
Usage notes

Slightly derogatory, or used to poke fun at someone as between close friends.

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
彼 奴
あ
Grade: S		 やつ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Compound of 彼 (a, “that, over there”, distal pronoun, indicating something far from both speaker and listener) +‎ 奴 (yatsu, “guy, girl, thing”). Appears from the mid-1200s.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Pronoun

彼(あ)奴(やつ) • (ayatsu) 

  1. (informal, dated) that guy, girl, or thing over there
Usage notes

Slightly derogatory.

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
彼 奴
きゃつ
Grade: S Grade: S
irregular

/kajat͡su/ → /kjat͡su/

Shift from older kayatsu below. Appears from the early 1200s.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Pronoun

彼奴(きゃつ) • (kyatsu) 

  1. (informal, men's speech) that guy, girl, or thing over there
Usage notes

Slightly derogatory, or used to poke fun at someone as between close friends.

Derived terms
  • 彼奴(きゃつ)輩(ばら) (kyatsubara)

Etymology 4
Kanji in this term
彼 奴
か
Grade: S		 やつ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Compound of 彼 (ka, “that, over there”, distal pronoun, indicating something far from both speaker and listener; precursor to modern a) +‎ 奴 (yatsu, “guy, girl, thing”). Appears from the late 900s.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ja̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Pronoun

彼(か)奴(やつ) • (kayatsu) 

  1. (archaic, possibly obsolete) that guy, girl, or thing over there
Usage notes

Slightly derogatory.

Etymology 5
Kanji in this term
彼 奴
か
Grade: S		 やつ > いつ
Grade: S
kun’yomi irregular

/kajat͡su/ → /kait͡su/

Shift from older kayatsu above. Appears during the Muromachi period (1336–1573), then falls out of use.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ka̠it͡sɨᵝ]

Pronoun

彼(か)奴(いつ) • (kaitsu) 

  1. (obsolete) that guy, girl, or thing over there
Usage notes

Slightly derogatory.

See also
Japanese demonstratives
ko-
“this”
(close to speaker)		 so-
“that”
(close to listener)		 a-
“that over there”
(far from both)		 do-
“which”
(indeterminate, question)
Object これ (kore) それ (sore) あれ (are) どれ (dore)
これら (korera) それら (sorera) あれら (arera) —
Determiner この (kono) その (sono) あの (ano) どの (dono)
これらの (korera no) それらの (sorera no) あれらの (arera no) —
Kind こんな (konna) そんな (sonna) あんな (anna) どんな (donna)
Place ここ (koko) そこ (soko) あそこ (asoko)* どこ (doko)
こっから (kokkara) そっから (sokkara) — どっから (dokkara)
Direction / Human こちら (kochira) そちら (sochira) あちら (achira) どちら (dochira)
こなた (konata) そなた (sonata) あなた (anata) どなた (donata)
Direction こっち (kotchi) そっち (sotchi) あっち (atchi) どっち (dotchi)
Human こいつ (koitsu) そいつ (soitsu) あいつ (aitsu) どいつ (doitsu)
Manner こう (kō) そう (sō) ああ (ā)** どう (dō)
Degree これくらい (korekurai) それくらい (sorekurai) あれくらい (arekurai) どれくらい (dorekurai)
これだけ (koredake) それだけ (soredake) あれだけ (aredake) どれだけ (doredake)
* irregular
** regular (long vowel)
The kanji 此(こ) (ko), 其(そ) (so), 彼(あ) (a), and 何(ど) (do) can be used for determiners, but they are almost always spelled in hiragana.

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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