奴: Guy; Slave; ManservantKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ド
- Kun'yomi
- やつ、やっこ
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 72 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ド)
- 奴隷どれいslave; servant
- 売国奴ばいこくどtraitor (to one's country); quisling
- 剣奴けんどgladiator
- 匈奴きょうどXiongnu; ancient Central Asian nomadic people often associated with the Huns
- 奴智鮫どちざめbanded houndshark (Triakis scyllium, found in the northwest Pacific from southern Siberia to Taiwan)
- 奴輩どはいguys; fellows
- 奴隷制どれいせいslavery
- 奴隷制度どれいせいどslavery
- 奴隷制度廃止どれいせいどはいしabolition of slavery
- 奴隷労働どれいろうどうslave labor; slave labour
- 奴隷商人どれいしょうにんslaver; slave trader
- 奴隷契約どれいけいやくslave contract (in the entertainment industry); harsh, slave-like long-term contract
- 奴隷根性どれいこんじょうservile character (disposition)
- 奴隷王朝どれいおうちょうSlave Dynasty (of India, 1206-1290 CE); Mamluk Dynasty
- 奴隷船どれいせんslave ship
- 奴隷解放どれいかいほうemancipation of slaves
- 奴隷貿易どれいぼうえきslave trade
- 奴隷道徳どれいどうとくSklavenmoral (slave morality, as a philosophical concept of Nietzsche)
- 守銭奴しゅせんどmiser; niggard
- 性奴隷せいどれいsex slave; sexual slavery
- 性的奴隷せいてきどれいsex slave; sexual slavery
- 欲の奴隷よくのどれいslave to avarice
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 奴やつfellow; guy
- 奴らやつらthey; those guys
- うちの奴うちのやつthe wife; the missus
- 三下奴さんしたやっこpetty underling; small fry
- 内の奴うちのやつthe wife; the missus
- 冷や奴ひややっこcold tofu
- 奴さんやっこさんhe; she
- 奴だこやっこだこkite shaped like an Edo-period footman
- 奴ばらやつばらthey; those guys
- 奴めやつめfellow; guy
- 奴凧やっこだこkite shaped like an Edo-period footman
- 奴原やつばらthey; those guys
- 奴等やつらthey; those guys
- 奴豆腐やっこどうふcubed tofu (often served cold)
- 奴頭やっこあたまEdo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants
- 奴髭やっこひげsickle-shaped moustache (often worn by servants in the Edo period)
- 懲りない奴こりないやつperson (generally male) who won't learn their lesson; persistent jerk
Other readings
- 其奴そいつhe; she
- 彼奴あいつhe; she
- 此奴こいつhe; she
- べらぼう奴べらぼうめmoron; idiot
- 三一奴さんぴんやっこlow-ranking samurai
- 何奴どいつwho?
- 何奴も此奴もどいつもこいつもeverybody; every last one of them
- 公奴婢くぬひgovernment-owned slave
- 冷奴ひややっこcold tofu
- 女の子奴ひfemale slave
- 奴僕ぬぼくmanservant; footman
- 奴儕やつばらthey; those guys
- 奴国なのくにCountry of Na (a country that existed within Japan during the Yayoi period)
- 奴婢ぬひslaves (lowest class in the ritsuryō system); bondservants
- 官奴婢かんぬひgovernment-owned slave
- 彼奴らあいつらthey
- 彼奴等あいつらthey
- 御奴みやつこservant of the imperial court
- 戯奴わけme
- 此奴らこいつらthese guys; these fellows
- 此奴等こいつらthese guys; these fellows
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