Kanji

汚

汚

dirty, pollute, disgrace, rape, defile

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

6 strokes

Radical

水部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

オ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

けがす, けがれる, けがらわしい, よごす, よごれる, きたない

Common Readings

オ, きたな…い, けが…す, けが…らわしい, けが…れる, よご…す, よご…れる

Example sentences

汚れる よごれる
泥遊びで服がすっかり汚れてしまった。

My clothes got completely dirty from playing in the mud.

お皿 おさら
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.

汚い きたない
そんな汚い手を使って勝っても意味がない。

Winning using such dirty tricks is meaningless.

触る さわる
汚い手で食べ物に触らないでください。

Please do not touch the food with dirty hands.

汚す よごす
子供が泥遊びをして服を汚した。

The child got their clothes dirty playing in the mud.

あらあら あらあら
あらあら、こんなに服を汚して。

Oh my, you've gotten your clothes so dirty.

汚れ よごれ
シャツの汚れを落とした。

I washed off the stain on the shirt.

部分 ぶぶん
シャツの胸の部分に汚れがある。

There is a stain on the chest part of the shirt.

汚染 おせん
大気汚染は深刻な社会問題になっている。

Air pollution has become a serious social problem.

再生 さいせい
汚染されていた川がようやく再生された。

The polluted river was finally restored.

Example Vocabulary

汚れる

よごれる

to get dirty; to become soiled; to be corrupted

汚い

きたない

dirty; filthy; unfair; mean

汚す

よごす

to get dirty; to stain; to soil

汚れ

よごれ

dirt; stain; pollution; impurity

汚染

おせん

pollution; contamination

薄汚れる

うすよごれる

to become slightly dirty, to look dingy, to be soiled

薄汚い

うすぎたない

dingy; dirty-looking; squalid; somewhat dirty

汚らわしい

けがらわしい

disgusting; filthy; unclean; abominable

汚名

おめい

汚物

おぶつ

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