Translation guide
The act of making something impure or inferior by adding foreign or inferior substances. In Japanese, this is expressed through specific verbs and nouns depending on the context, such as food, products, or abstract things.
To express the act of making something impure or inferior by adding other substances, in a general sense.
Noun meaning 'adulteration' or 'mixture with impurities'. Commonly used for food or products.
This wine has been adulterated.
Formal noun phrase meaning 'mixing in of impurities'. Used in technical or official contexts.
There was adulteration of the product.
Rare, formal term for adulteration, often used in legal or chemical contexts.
Food adulteration is prohibited by law.
Specifically for adding inferior or harmful substances to food or beverages.
Verb meaning 'to water down' or 'to dilute', often used for adulterating drinks or inflating numbers.
He was selling adulterated alcohol by watering it down.
Phrase meaning 'to mix in foreign matter'. Used for contamination or adulteration in food/products.
General verb 'to mix'. Can imply adulteration when context indicates adding inferior substances.
To express adulteration as a fraudulent act, often for financial gain.
Verb meaning 'to disguise' or 'to misrepresent'. Used for fraudulent adulteration, like mislabeling.
Food with adulterated origin labels became a problem.
Verb meaning 'to deceive' or 'to cheat'. Can be used for adulterating by substituting inferior ingredients.
For metaphorical use, such as corrupting ideas, language, or principles.
Verb meaning 'to contaminate' or 'to pollute'. Used metaphorically for corrupting purity.
Some argue that loanwords are adulterating the Japanese language.
Verb meaning 'to corrupt' or 'to degrade'. Used for moral or cultural adulteration.
That ideology adulterates the youth.
The English word 'adulteration' is not commonly used in everyday conversation. In Japanese, it's more natural to use specific verbs like 混ぜる (to mix) or 水増しする (to water down) depending on the context, rather than a direct noun equivalent.
Food adulterated with foreign matter at the factory was recalled.
彼はコーヒーに安い豆を混ぜていた。
He was adulterating the coffee with cheap beans.
材料をごまかしてコストを下げた。
They adulterated the ingredients to cut costs.