あいつ Japanese meaning

あいつ Japanese meaning | Kotomora

Kanji

奴やっこN1
あいつ is the modern, casual equivalent of 奴 used as a rough third-person pronoun for someone not present.
奴やつN1
あいつ points to a specific person already in mind and sounds even ruder or more distancing than 奴, which can be used more generally.
あいつら
あいつら is the plural form of あいつ, both sharing the same derogatory, familiar tone, but あいつ refers to a single person while あいつら refers to a group.
こいつ
こいつ points to someone near the speaker, while あいつ points to someone distant from both speaker and listener and often sounds even more contemptuous.

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そいつN1
あいつ points to someone or something distant from both speaker and listener and tends to sound more contemptuous than そいつ.
あの人ひと
あいつ is a rough, casual way to refer to someone that can sound rude or contemptuous, unlike the more polite あの人.

彼かれpolite 丁寧語N5sense 1
彼 is the neutral, polite term for 'he', while あいつ is a rough, familiar or derogatory way to refer to the same person.
彼かの女じょpolite 丁寧語N5sense 1
彼女 is the neutral, polite term for 'she', while あいつ is a rough, familiar or derogatory way to refer to a woman.

こいつ sense 1
こいつ points to someone or something near the speaker ('this guy/thing'), while あいつ points to someone or something distant from both speaker and listener ('that guy/thing').
そいつN1sense 1
そいつ refers to someone or something near the listener ('that guy/thing' close to you), while あいつ refers to someone or something distant from both speaker and listener.

あいつUsage93%
Standard kana spelling; the word is usually written in kana.
アイツUsage5%
彼奴あいつUsage2%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; learners should recognize it but use the kana spelling.

Developed from あやつ, an older demonstrative expression meaning “that person or thing,” through contraction and vowel change.