うんち

Japanese

Etymology 1

From うん (un, the sound made when straining) + ち (chi), a suffixing element of unclear derivation; possibly related to the directional nominalizer ち (chi) also seen in words like こっち (kocchi, “this way, this direction”), どっち (docchi, “which way, which direction”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うんち [úꜜǹchì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟̃ɲ̟t͡ɕi]

Noun

うんち • (unchi) 

1. (childish) poop, shit, feces

Verb

うんちする • (unchi suru) suru (stem うんちし (unchi shi), past うんちした (unchi shita))

1. (childish) to poop, to shit

Conjugation

Conjugation of "うんちする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	うんちし	unchi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	うんちし	unchi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	うんちする	unchi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	うんちする	unchi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	うんちすれ	unchi sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	うんちせよ¹ うんちしろ²	unchi seyo¹ unchi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	うんちされる	unchi sareru
Causative	うんちさせる うんちさす	unchi saseru unchi sasu
Potential	うんちできる	unchi dekiru
Volitional	うんちしよう	unchi shiyō
Negative	うんちしない	unchi shinai
Negative continuative	うんちせず	unchi sezu
Formal	うんちします	unchi shimasu
Perfective	うんちした	unchi shita
Conjunctive	うんちして	unchi shite
Hypothetical conditional	うんちすれば	unchi sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

• うんこ (unko): poop, turd
• 大便(だいべん) (daiben): bowel movement, stool
• 糞(くそ) (kuso): shit, excrement

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of うんち – see the following entry.

【運痴】 [noun] (colloquial) short for 運動音痴

(This term, うんち (unchi), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)