ドゥーキー
Dūkī
ドゥーキー (Dūkī) is the Japanese way to say dookie.
ドゥーキー is a slang term used to refer to feces.
Which one should you use?
The informal Japanese term うんこ (Unko) serves as a common equivalent for dookie.
How do you pronounce it?
Dūkī
Did you know?
- While many English speakers view 'dookie' as a vulgarity, the Japanese equivalent うんこ is frequently personified in popular media as a cute, smiling character.
- Japanese contains 'onomatopoeia' for the act of producing うんこ, such as ブリブリ (buri-buri), which mimics the actual sound of the process.
- The phonetic structure of ドゥーキー requires a specific use of the small 'u' (ゥ) to replicate the English 'du' sound, which is not a standard combination in native Japanese.
Example conversation
Misaki and Hiroto are walking in a park.
- 美咲 Misakiあ、道にドゥーキーがある！a, michi ni dūkī ga aru!Oh, there's dookie on the path!
- 大翔 Hiroto本当だ。危ないから避けてね。hontō da. abunai kara sakete ne.You're right. Avoid it, it's gross.
- 美咲 Misaki誰がドゥーキーを放置したんだろう。dare ga dūkī o hōchi shita ndarō.I wonder who left the dookie there.
- 大翔 Hirotoきっと近くの犬の飼い主だよ。kitto chikaku no inu no kainushi da yo.It was probably a nearby dog owner.
