How to say "crap" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- interjectionCovers crap as a swear word: the exclamation blurted when something goes wrong, and the vulgar noun for excrement or worthless nonsense. Usually written in kana alone.
- i-adjectiveCovers crap as an adjective — something awful or terrible, as in 'the movie was crap'. Slang, so it suits casual talk; use it to describe how bad something is, not as a curse.
- nounCovers the literal sense of crap — excrement — and, by extension, trash or garbage, worthless stuff. For the bodily meaning this is the natural slang choice; it is not the curse you blurt out.
Choose 「くそ」 for the swear-word sense — crap as an exclamation or vulgar noun; 「やばい」 when crap describes something as awful or terrible; 「うんこ」 for the literal sense, excrement, and for trash or garbage.
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