泥

Meaning

泥 centers on wet, sticky earth that clings: mud or mire. The extended senses of adhering or being attached come naturally from the way mud sticks to things.

• 泥どろ
  N3

  mud; (wet) dirt

• 泥棒どろぼう
  N4

  thief; burglar; robber

• 泥酔でいすい

  being dead drunk; drunken stupor

• 泥々どろどろ
  N1

  viscous; mushy; pulpy; thick; slushy; syrupy; sticky

• 泥沼どろぬま

  bog; marsh; swamp; quagmire; morass

• 汚泥おでい

  sludge; slime; dregs; mire

• 泥臭いどろくさい

  smelling of mud; smelling of earth

• 泥水どろみず

  muddy water

• 泥鰌どじょう

  loach (any fish of family Cobitidae)

• 雲泥の差うんでいのさ

  wide difference; a world of difference

• 泥濘ぬかるみ

  muddy place; mud; mire; sludge; slush; quagmire

• 泥まみれどろまみれ

  muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked

• 泥炭でいたん

  peat

• 泥濘でいねい

  mud; mire

• 泥んこどろんこ

  mud

• 拘泥こうでい

  adhering to; being a stickler for; being particular about; worrying too much about

• 泥仕合どろじあい

  mudslinging contest; mudslinging match

• 泥をかぶるどろをかぶる
  N1

  to take the blame; to cover oneself in mud

• 顔に泥を塗るかおにどろをぬる
  N1

  to bring disgrace (dishonor, dishonour) on; to fling mud at; to put to shame

• こそこそ泥棒こそこそどろぼう

  sneak thief; petty thief; cat burglar

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