汚けがれ

noun

uncleanness; impurity; defilement

General term for physical or spiritual impurity; can refer to dirt, contamination, or a state of being morally or ritually unclean.

• 心こころの汚けがれを洗あらい流ながす。

  Wash away the impurities of the heart.

• この水みずは汚けがれがひどい。

  This water is heavily contaminated.

noun

disgrace; shame; stain; corruption

Metaphorical extension: a moral stain, blot on one's character, or corruption. Often used in expressions like 汚れを残す (leave a stain on one's reputation).

• 彼かれの経けい歴れきに汚けがれはない。

  There is no stain on his career.

• 汚お職しょく事じ件けんで会かい社しゃの名なに汚けがれがついた。

  The corruption scandal stained the company's name.

noun

ritual impurity; defilement from death or blood

Specifically refers to ritual uncleanness in Shinto or traditional contexts, arising from contact with death, childbirth, menstruation, etc. Often written 穢れ in religious texts.

• 神しん道とうでは、死しは穢けがれとみなされる。

  In Shinto, death is considered a source of ritual impurity.

• 昔むかしは出しゅっ産さんも穢けがれと考かんがえられていた。

  In the past, childbirth was also considered a defilement.