グロ

Japanese

Etymology

Shortening of グロテスク (gurotesuku, “grotesque”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Adjective

グロ • (guro) -na (adnominal グロな (guro na na), adverbial グロに (guro ni ni))

  1. (informal) graphic; gory

Inflection

Synonyms

Noun

グロ • (guro) 

  1. (informal) being gory and graphic; gore
    グロが苦(にが)手(て)な人(ひと) ― guro ga nigate na hito ― a person who is bad with gore
    グロ画(が)像(ぞう) ― guro gazō ― NSFL images
    グロ注(ちゅう)意(い) ― guro chūi ― NSFL warning

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: guro

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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