彼奴

Etymology

彼 (a, ka, “over there”, away from both the speaker and listener) +‎ 奴 (yatsu, third person pronoun)

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) あいつ [àítsú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [a̠it͡sɨᵝ]

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) あやつ [àyátsú] (Heiban – [0])
  • (Tokyo) あ​やつ [áꜜyàtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [a̠ja̠t͡sɨᵝ]

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) きゃ​つ [kyáꜜtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [kʲa̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Pronoun

彼奴 (hiragana あいつ, katakana アイツ, rōmaji aitsu, alternative reading あやつ, rōmaji ayatsu, alternative reading きゃつ, rōmaji kyatsu, alternative reading かやつ, rōmaji kayatsu)

1. (informal) that guy or girl over there

   あいつ本当嫌 (ほんとうきら)い。

   Aitsu hontō kirai.

   I really hate that guy/girl.

   • 1988 July 30 [Jul 25 1984], Fujiko F. Fujio, “ふたりぼっち [Altwo]”, in ポストの中の明日 [Post-Mid-Tomorrow] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 2), volume 2 (fiction, in Japanese), 10th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 177:

     「足あし腰こしをきたえてあ﹅い﹅つ﹅をぶん投なげてみたかったんだ」

     “Ashikoshi o kitaete AITSU o bunnagete mita kattan da”

     “I trained my legs so that I could beat HIM in wrestling”

   • 2002 March 9, Hotta, Yumi; Obata, Takeshi, “第だい131局きょく　試ためされる伊い角すみ [Game 131: Isumi’s Endeavor]”, in ヒカルの碁 [Hikaru’s Go], volume 16 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 68:

     楽 (レェ)平 (ピン)⁉アイツに負 (ま)けた⁉

     Rē Pin⁉ Aitsu ni maketa⁉

     Le Ping⁉ You lost to that brat⁉

   • 2014, Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

     きゃつらめ……　数 (すう)千 (せん)年 (ねん)前 (まえ)の　異 (い)常 (じょう)気 (き)象 (しょう)を　調 (しら)べて　どうするつもりだ……

     Kyatsurame…… sū-sen-nen-mae no ijō kishō o shirabete dō suru tsumori da……

     What on earth are they up to, investigating extreme weather that happened thousands of years ago?

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