やけくそ

Also written ヤケクソ, 自棄糞, 焼糞

Meanings

1. Noun, な-adjective desperation; despair; self-abandonment (more emphatic than やけ) See also: やけ.

Example sentences

• やけくそになった男はしばしばやけくそな事をする。
  Desperate men often do desperate things.

Common phrases

• やけくそになる

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