やろう

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of やろう – see the following entries.

【野郎】 [noun] (informal) a son of a bitch, a bastard, a jerk, a motherfucker, a rascal, a scoundrel (used almost exclusively to refer to males) [pronoun] (informal) that son of a bitch, that bastard, that jerk, that motherfucker, that rascal, that scoundrel

【野老】 [noun] old man who lives in the countryside [noun] Synonym of 鬼野老 (onidokoro, “Dioscorea tokoro”)

(This term, やろう (yarō), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

Etymology 2

Verb

やろう • (yarou) 

1. volitional form of やる (yaru) [godan]

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• やろ (yaro)

Verb

やろう • (yarō) 

1. volitional form of や (ya, “is, are”)