野郎

Japanese

Kanji in this term
野	郎
や Grade: 2	ろう Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
野郞 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やろー [yàróó] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) やろー [yàróꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠ɾo̞ː]

Noun

野(や)郎(ろう) • (yarō) ^{←やらう (yarau)?}

1. (informal) a son of a bitch, a bastard, a jerk, a motherfucker, a rascal, a scoundrel (used almost exclusively to refer to males)

Pronoun

野(や)郎(ろう) • (yarō) ^{←やらう (yarau)?}

1. (informal) that son of a bitch, that bastard, that jerk, that motherfucker, that rascal, that scoundrel

See also

• 馬(ば)鹿(か)野(や)郎(ろう) (baka yarō)
• 女(め)郎(ろう) (merō)