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汚濁 (おだく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

汚お濁だく

お

だ

く

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Meanings

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noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

pollution; contamination; corruption

Refers to physical pollution of water or air, and metaphorically to moral or political corruption. Often used in formal or journalistic contexts.

工こう場じょう排はい水すいが川かわの汚お濁だくを引ひき起おこした。
Factory effluent caused the pollution of the river.

政せい治じの汚お濁だくを一いっ掃そうしなければならない。

We must sweep away political corruption.

Kanji

汚dirty, pollute, disgrace
濁voiced, uncleanness, wrong

Similar words

汚お染せん
汚染 is the more common, general term for pollution or contamination, while 汚濁 is more formal and often implies a murky, turbid state, especially of water, or moral decay.
腐ふ敗はい
腐敗 focuses on decay, rot, or corruption in a biological or moral sense, whereas 汚濁 emphasizes the resulting impurity or defilement.

Etymology

Compound of 汚 (お, 'dirty, defile') and 濁 (だく, 'muddy, turbid'). The reading おだく is the on'yomi of both characters.