Vocabulary

What does 畜生 (ちくしょう, chikushou) mean?

畜生 (ちくしょう, chikushou) means beast, animal; damn it (curse).

Quick facts
Readingちくしょう
Romajichikushou
Part of speechinterjection
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N1
ちくしょう
N1 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonchikushou

beast, animal; damn it (curse)

  1. 1interjection damn it; damn; son of a bitch
  2. 2noun beast; animal
  3. 3noun person reborn into the animal realm
  4. 4noun brute; bastard

Example sentences

  • Damn it, I lost again.

  • The act was condemned as treatment worse than that given to an animal.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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