# 彼奴
## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 彼 | 奴 |
| あ Grade: S | やつ > いつ Grade: S |
| kun'yomi | irregular |
/ajat͡su/ → /ait͡su/
Shift from older ayatsu reading below. Appears from at least the 1500s.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) あいつ [àítsú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [a̠it͡sɨ]
* (Kyoto, Osaka) あいつ [àìtsú] (Teiki – [0])

#### Pronoun

彼(あ)奴(いつ) • (aitsu)
* (informal) that guy, girl, or thing over there
    あいつ本(ほん)当(とう)嫌(きら)い。
       Aitsu hontō kirai.
       I really hate that guy/girl.
** 1988 July 30 [1984 July 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “ふたりぼっち [Altwo]”, in ポストの中の明日 [Post-Mid-Tomorrow] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 2), 10th edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 177:「足(あし)腰(こし)をきたえてあ(﹅)い(﹅)つ(﹅)をぶん投(な)げてみたかったんだ」“Ashikoshi o kitaete AITSU o bunnagete mitakatta n da”“I trained my legs so that I could beat HIM in wrestling”
** 2002 March 9, Yumi Hotta with Obata, Takeshi, “第(だい)131(ひゃくさんじゅういち)局(きょく)　試(ため)される伊(い)角(すみ) [Game 131: Isumi’s Endeavor]”, in ヒカルの碁 [Hikaru’s Go], volume 16 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 68:
    楽(レェ)平(ピン)⁉アイツに負(ま)けた⁉
       Rē Pin⁉ Aitsu ni maketa⁉
       Le Ping!? You lost to that brat!?

##### Usage notes

Slightly derogatory, or used to poke fun at someone as between close friends.

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 彼 | 奴 |
| あ Grade: S | やつ Grade: S |
| kun'yomi ||
Compound of 彼 (a, “that, over there”, distal pronoun, indicating something far from both speaker and listener) +‎ 奴 (yatsu, “guy, girl, thing”). Appears from the mid-1200s.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) あやつ [àyátsú] (Heiban – [0])
* (Tokyo) あやつ [áꜜyàtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
* (Tokyo) あやつ [àyáꜜtsù] (Nakadaka – [2])
* IPA: [a̠ja̠t͡sɨ]

#### Pronoun

彼(あ)奴(やつ) • (ayatsu)
* (informal, dated) that guy, girl, or thing over there

##### Usage notes

Slightly derogatory.

### Etymology 3

Kanji in this term :
| 彼 | 奴 |
| きゃつ ||
| Grade: S | Grade: S |
| irregular ||
/kajat͡su/ → /kjat͡su/
Shift from older kayatsu below. Appears from the early 1200s.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) きゃつ [kyáꜜtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [kʲa̠t͡sɨ]

#### Pronoun

彼奴(きゃつ) • (kyatsu)
* (informal, men's speech) that guy, girl, or thing over there
** 2014, Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire:
    きゃつらめ……　数(すう)千(せん)年(ねん)前(まえ)の　異(い)常(じょう)気(き)象(しょう)を　調(しら)べて　どうするつもりだ……
       Kyatsurame…… sū-sen-nen-mae no ijō kishō o shirabete dō suru tsumori da……
       What on earth are they up to, investigating extreme weather that happened thousands of years ago?

##### Usage notes

Slightly derogatory, or used to poke fun at someone as between close friends.

##### Derived terms

* 彼奴(きゃつ)輩(ばら) (kyatsubara)

### Etymology 4

Kanji in this term :
| 彼 | 奴 |
| か Grade: S | やつ Grade: S |
| kun'yomi ||
Compound of 彼 (ka, “that, over there”, distal pronoun, indicating something far from both speaker and listener; precursor to modern a) +‎ 奴 (yatsu, “guy, girl, thing”). Appears from the late 900s.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ka̠ja̠t͡sɨ]

#### Pronoun

彼(か)奴(やつ) • (kayatsu)
* (archaic, possibly obsolete) that guy, girl, or thing over there

##### Usage notes

Slightly derogatory.

### Etymology 5

Kanji in this term :
| 彼 | 奴 |
| か Grade: S | やつ > いつ Grade: S |
| kun'yomi | irregular |
/kajat͡su/ → /kait͡su/
Shift from older kayatsu above. Appears during the Muromachi period (1336–1573), then falls out of use.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ka̠it͡sɨ]

#### Pronoun

彼(か)奴(いつ) • (kaitsu)
* (obsolete) that guy, girl, or thing over there

##### Usage notes

Slightly derogatory.

### See also

| | ko- “this” (close to speaker) | so- “that” (close to listener) | a- “that over there” (far from both) | do- “which” (indeterminate, question) |
| Object | これ (kore) | それ (sore) | あれ (are) | どれ (dore) |
| Object | これら (korera) | それら (sorera) | あれら (arera) | — |
| Determiner | この (kono) | その (sono) | あの (ano) | どの (dono) |
| Determiner | これらの (korera no) | それらの (sorera no) | あれらの (arera no) | — |
| Kind | こんな (konna) | そんな (sonna) | あんな (anna) | どんな (donna) |
| Kind | こういう (kō iu) | そういう (sō iu) | ああいう (ā iu) | どういう (dō iu) |
| Place | ここ (koko) | そこ (soko) | あそこ (asoko)* | どこ (doko) |
| Place | こっから (kokkara) | そっから (sokkara) | — | どっから (dokkara) |
| Direction / Human | こちら (kochira) | そちら (sochira) | あちら (achira) | どちら (dochira) |
| Direction / Human | こなた (konata) | そなた (sonata) | あなた (anata) | どなた (donata) |
| Direction | こっち (kotchi) | そっち (sotchi) | あっち (atchi) | どっち (dotchi) |
| Human | こいつ (koitsu)$^†$ | そいつ (soitsu)$^†$ | あいつ (aitsu)$^†$ | どいつ (doitsu)$^†$ |
| Manner | こう (kō) | そう (sō) | ああ (ā)** | どう (dō) |
| Degree | これくらい (kore kurai) | それくらい (sore kurai) | あれくらい (are kurai) | どれくらい (dore kurai) |
| Degree | これだけ (kore dake) | それだけ (sore dake) | あれだけ (are dake) | どれだけ (dore dake) |
| Degree | これほど (kore hodo) | それほど (sore hodo) | あれほど (are hodo) | どれほど (dore hodo) |
| * irregular ** regular (long vowel) † potentially rude or derogatory |||||

### References

* 1 2 3 4 5 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 4 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 4 5 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN