汚お穢わい

noun

night soil; human waste used as fertilizer

Historical term for human excrement collected for agricultural use. Now largely obsolete in everyday language, but may appear in historical or literary contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、汚お穢わいを肥ひ料りょうとして使つかっていた。

  In the Edo period, night soil was used as fertilizer.

noun

filth; muck; dirt

General term for foul dirt or filth; literary and old-fashioned. In modern Japanese, 汚れ or 不潔 is more common.

• その路ろ地じは汚お穢わいにまみれていた。

  The alley was covered in filth.