desu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese です (desu, “be”), a term found most often at the end of a sentence.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɛsu/
  • Rhymes: -ɛsuː

Interjection

desu

  1. (slang, humorous, affectionate) Used at the end of a sentence to imitate Japanese sentence structure.
    • 2002 March 20, Mahoronyan [username], “Re: I was wrong about Kokoro Library...”, in rec.arts.anime.misc, Usenet‎:
      My contribution desu.
    • 2003 January 30, Ethan Hammond, “Re: Nuku Nuku DVD Impressions”, in rec.arts.anime.misc, Usenet‎:
      Freaky desu.
    • 2006 February 22, sanjian [username], “Re: FMA 47 - Sealing the Homunculus”, in rec.arts.anime.misc, Usenet‎:
      Awww, but it was just getting fun, desu.
    • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:desu.

See also

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

desu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of です

Latvian

Noun

desu f

  1. accusative singular form of desa
  2. instrumental singular form of desa
  3. genitive plural form of desa
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