Translation guide
The English word 'filth' refers to disgusting dirt, grime, or moral corruption. In Japanese, the best translation depends on whether you mean physical dirtiness, something morally repugnant, or a strong insult.
To describe something that is extremely dirty, covered in filth, or full of disgusting matter.
Refers to filth, dirt, or waste matter. Often used for sewage, garbage, or unclean substances.
その部屋は汚物でいっぱいだった。
The room was full of filth.
General word for dirt, stain, or filth. Less intense than 汚物, but commonly used for grime or uncleanliness.
床の汚れがひどい。
The filth on the floor is terrible.
Uncleanliness, filthiness. Often used in a more formal or medical context to describe unsanitary conditions.
不潔な環境は病気の原因になる。
Filthy environments cause disease.
To describe something morally repugnant, corrupt, or obscene, often in a figurative sense.
An adjective meaning filthy, disgusting, or defiling, often used for moral impurity or obscenity.
彼の心は汚らわしい欲望で満ちていた。
His heart was filled with filthy desires.
Obscene, lewd, filthy in a sexual sense. Often used for content or language.
Depravity, corruption, moral decay. More abstract, often used in literary or critical contexts.
To use 'filth' as a strong insult, similar to 'scum' or 'garbage' in English.
Literally 'trash' or 'waste', used as a strong insult meaning scum or filth. Very common in casual, angry speech.
お前は人間のクズだ。
You are human filth.
Means 'garbage' or 'trash', used as an insult similar to 'filth' or 'piece of trash'.
Can be used as an insult meaning 'filth' or 'waste', but less common than クズ or ゴミ. Stronger and more literal.
While 汚物 can mean 'filth', using it as an insult may sound overly dramatic or unnatural. クズ or ゴミ are more common for calling someone scum or trash.
汚物 (おぶつ) refers to actual waste or filth, often in a more objective or technical sense. 汚れ (よごれ) is a general term for dirt or grime and is more commonly used in everyday speech.
That movie has too many filthy scenes.
The corruption of power is the filth of society.
That guy is nothing but filth.
You are filth.