汚れる · ichidan verb
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 汚れる | 汚れない |
| Polite | 汚れます | 汚れません |
| Past polite | 汚れました | 汚れませんでした |
| Past | 汚れた | 汚れなかった |
| Te-form | 汚れて | 汚れないで |
| Desire | 汚れたい | 汚れたくない |
| Potential | 汚れられるalso 汚れれる | 汚れられないalso 汚れれない |
| Passive | 汚れられる | 汚れられない |
| Causative | 汚れさせる | 汚れさせない |
| Causative passive | 汚れさせられる | 汚れさせられない |
| Volitional | 汚れよう | |
| Polite volitional | 汚れましょう | |
| Imperative | 汚れろ | 汚れるな |
| Conditional | 汚れれば | 汚れなければ |
| Tara conditional | 汚れたら | 汚れなかったら |
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
get dirty; become dirty
Physical soiling of objects, clothes, hands, etc. Intransitive; the thing that becomes dirty is the subject.
White shirts get dirty quickly.
My shoes got dirty from the rain.
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
become sullied; become corrupted; lose chastity
Figurative or moral soiling: reputation, purity, or chastity. The cross-reference to けがれる suggests a more serious or spiritual taint, but よごれる is used for lighter moral staining.
See also: 汚れる (けがれる)
His reputation was sullied by that scandal.
My pure heart has become corrupted.
My shoes got dirty with mud.
His reputation was tarnished by the incident.
By getting involved in that job, he got his hands dirty.
His heart became corrupted for the sake of money.
oil stain; grease stain
dirty work; unpleasant task