Japanese

れる

よごれる
Meaning: to get dirty; to become soiled; to be corrupted
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 汚れる 汚れない
Polite 汚れます 汚れません
Past 汚れた 汚れなかった
Polite + Past 汚れました 汚れませんでした
Te-form 汚れて 汚れなくて
Potential 汚れられる 汚れられない
Passive 汚れられる 汚れられない
Causative 汚れさせる 汚れさせない
Imperative 汚れろ 汚れるな

Handwriting

汚
れ
る

Example sentences

My clothes got completely dirty from playing in the mud.
夕食の後、汚れたお皿を台所で洗った。
After dinner, I washed the dirty dishes in the kitchen.
汚れた食器を流しに置いた。
I put the dirty dishes in the sink.
汚れたシーツを新しいものに取り替えた。
I replaced the dirty sheets with new ones.
汚れたので、壁紙を張り替えた。
Since it got dirty, I replaced the wallpaper.
この川は公害で汚れている。
This river is polluted.
その本は手あかで汚れていた。
The book was soiled with hand grime.

Usage Notes

Refers to physical dirtiness or metaphorical corruption (e.g., of reputation or soul).

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