► 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:
- あいつは骨の有る奴だ ⇨ He is a man with bones, a strong backbone, character
- なんて盆暗な奴だ ⇨ What a useless guy he is
- あいつははっきりしない奴だ ⇨ He’s ambiguous, not straight-shooter, indecisive
- 白人は黒人を奴隷にした ⇨ Whites enslaved blacks
- これは彼奴の仕業に違いない ⇨ This must be his doing
- あいつは根性が曲がった奴だ ⇨ He is a man with a crooked mind
- お前みたいな奴が出る幕じゃないんだよ ⇨ This is not the part of the show someone like you get on the stage. You are not needed here. Take a hike
- 彼女はなんであんなつまらない奴と結婚したんだろう ⇨ Why did she marry a lame guy like him?
- 飲み過ぎて病院に運ばれるとは、なんて人騒がせな奴だ ⇨ What a moron he is to get too drunk and taken to a hospital
- 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?
- なんて自己中な奴だ！ ⇨ What a selfish bastard!
- 何てバカな奴！ ⇨ What a stupid guy!
- 子供に暴力を振るうような奴は人間失格だ ⇨ Those who use violence against children are disqualified as humans
- 無理な追い越しをする奴に腹を立ててこちらが事故を起こしたら洒落にならない ⇨ It won’t be even an joke if I had an accident by raging over an idiot who cut me off
- 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