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► 名詞
  [(1)やつ]  [coll]  [rude]  [男]    meaning:  he  rank: 1
☆ 奴に仕返ししてやる ⇨ I’m gonna get back at him

  [(1)やつ]  [coll]  [peer]  [男]    meaning:  man  rank: 1
☆ あいつはい奴だ ⇨ He is a nice guy  (☛ Only refers to your peer or junior whom you know well)

  [(1)やつ]  [coll]  [contempt]    meaning:  person  rank: 1
☆ な奴! ⇨ Bastard!  (☛ Can refer to either a man or a woman, but mostly a man, unless used collectively)

  [やっこ]  [coll]  [humorous]    meaning:  man  rank: 4
☆ 奴さん、どうしてんのかな? ⇨ I wonder how he is doing

► 接尾辞
  [め]  [liter]  [contempt]    meaning:  disdain  rank: 2
☆ このか者奴! ⇨ You fool!

  [め]  [arch]  [humble]    meaning:  humble  rank: 4
☆ 私奴がやってげます ⇨ I will do it for you


More examples:
  • なんでああいう無能な奴が出世するんだろう ⇨ How does an incompetent guy like him get promoted?
  • あんなウジ虫みたいな奴はどうでもいい ⇨ I don’t care about a maggot like him
  • あいつは根性がった奴だ ⇨ He is a man with a crooked mind
  • なんちゅう間抜けな奴! ⇨ What an idiot!
  • 簡単てに乗るはかな奴 ⇨ A shallow and stupid guy who gets easily manipulated with flattery
  • あいつはややこしい奴だ ⇨ He is a complicated fellow
  • 前みたいな奴が出るじゃないんだよ ⇨ This is not the part of the show someone like you get on the stage. You are not needed here. Take a hike
  • 得体れない奴だ ⇨ He is impossible to figure out
  • 山田っつう奴はどいつだ? ⇨ Which one of you is called Yamada?
  • あいつは本当人泣かせな奴だ ⇨ He really makes people cry. He is a troublemaker
  • あいつはい奴じゃない ⇨ That guy, he, is not a bad guy
  • 火事のどさくされに盗みいた奴がいる ⇨ Someone stole things during the chaos of the fire
  • ボケした奴 ⇨ A guy with a dumb face
  • なんて盆暗な奴だ ⇨ What a useless guy he is
  • あいつは出来る奴だ ⇨ He is a very competent guy