カス

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of カス – see the following entry.

【かす】 [noun] [from 934] 粕, 糟: in sake production, the dregs or lees left over after extracting the liquid from the fermented rice mash [noun] [from 934] 滓, 渣: the sediment, impurities, dregs, or lees on the bottom of a container after a liquid has settled [noun] [from 1002] 滓, 渣: anything left over after everything useful or good has been extracted [noun] [from 1786] 滓, 渣: (derogatory) insulting reference to a person [noun] [from 1786] 滓, 渣: (playing cards) in 花札 (hanafuda, “traditional Japanese flower playing cards”), a one-point card, a garbage card [noun] [from 1820] 粕, 糟: (figurative) a scolding, terrible criticism (only used in this sense in the set phrase 粕(かす)を食(く)う, 糟(かす)を食(く)う (kasu o kuu, literally “to eat the dregs”)) Alternative spellings 粕, 糟, 滓, 渣

(This term, カス (kasu), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)