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Rōmaji
yakekuso
Type
word
Meaning
a state of mind where you lose rational thoughts and take a f*ck-it, YOLO, I-don’t-give-a-sh*t-anymore attitude
Additional Info
It is also written in katakana ヤケクソ or kanji 自棄糞.
For instance, you’ll get やけくそ when you gamble away all your money or get rejected by your crush miserably (and then try to overcome it by drinking a lot).
Example
カジノで3万円負けて、やけくそ (or やけ) になって5万円賭けたら全部擦(す)った
I had lost 30k yen at a casino; got yakekuso and bet another 50k; and lost all of them again.
カルボナーラを作ろうとしたら美味しくなかったので、ヤケクソになってマヨネーズを大量に投入した。
I tried cooking carbonara but it didn’t taste good, so I got yakekuso and poured an enournous amount of mayonnaise onto it.
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