汚

Meaning

汚 centers on physical or moral impurity: something dirty, polluted, or disgraced. The more severe senses of rape and defilement are extreme applications of that same idea of violating purity.

• 汚いきたない
  N5

  dirty; filthy; foul; unclean

• 汚れよごれ
  N3

  dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot

• 汚染おせん
  N3

  pollution; contamination

• 汚しよごし

  soiling; polluting; being dirty

• 汚職おしょく
  N1

  corruption (esp. by a government employee); bribery; graft

• 汚すよごす
  N3

  to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to make dirty; to stain

• 汚れるよごれる
  N4

  to get dirty; to become dirty

• 汚れけがれ
  N1

  uncleanness; impurity; defilement

• 汚物おぶつ

  filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust

• 汚名おめい

  bad name; bad reputation; disgrace; dishonour; dishonor; stigma; infamy

• 汚点おてん

  stain; blot; flaw; disgrace

• 薄汚いうすぎたない

  filthy; dirty (looking); drab

• 汚水おすい

  filthy water; sewage

• 汚泥おでい

  sludge; slime; dregs; mire

• 小汚いこぎたない

  somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy

• 汚濁おだく

  pollution; contamination; corruption; graft

• 汚らしいきたならしい

  dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid

• 汚らわしいけがらわしい
  N1

  filthy; unfair; dirty; untouchable; disgusting; nasty; foul; odious; repulsive

• 面汚しつらよごし

  disgrace; shame

• 汚損おそん

  staining; spoiling; soiling; defacing; damage

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