► 名詞
奴 [(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
奴 [(1)やつ] [coll] [peer] [男] meaning: man rank: 1
☆ あいつは良い奴だ ⇨ He is a nice guy (☛ Only refers to your peer or junior whom you know well)
奴 [(1)やつ] [coll] [contempt] meaning: person rank: 1
☆ 嫌な奴！ ⇨ Bastard! (☛ Can refer to either a man or a woman, but mostly a man, unless used collectively)
奴 [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
奴 [め] [liter] [contempt] meaning: disdain rank: 2
☆ この愚か者奴！ ⇨ You fool!
奴 [め] [arch] [humble] meaning: humble rank: 4
☆ 私奴がやって差し上げます ⇨ I will do it for you
More examples:
- ボケた面した奴 ⇨ A guy with a dumb face
- あいつは本当に困った奴だ ⇨ He always puts others in difficult positions. He is a troublemaker
- ああいう奴らとは付き合いたくない ⇨ I don’t want to hang out with people like that
- 他の尻馬に乗るような奴はどこにでもいるものだ ⇨ Those who ride on the butt of a horse, jump on the bandwagon, are everywhere
- あいつは汚い奴だ ⇨ He’s a dirty bastard
- あいつははっきりしない奴だ ⇨ He’s ambiguous, not straight-shooter, indecisive
- あいつは本当にしょうがない奴だ ⇨ There’s nothing we can do about him. He’s hopeless, a perennial trouble-maker
- 何やら怪しげな奴 ⇨ A somewhat suspicious guy
- あんな奴に負けるもんか ⇨ I will never lose to someone like that
- 彼は得体が知れない奴だ ⇨ He is impossible to figure out
- あいつは小賢しい手を使う奴だ ⇨ He uses little dirty tricks
- あいつは出来る奴だ ⇨ He is a very competent guy
- あいつは癪に障る奴だ ⇨ He gets on my nerves
- 火事のどさくさ紛れに盗みを働いた奴がいる ⇨ Someone stole things during the chaos of the fire
- 何と愚かな奴だ ⇨ What a stupid person he is