泥どろ水みず

noun

muddy water

Literally water mixed with mud or dirt; also used figuratively for a difficult or morally impure situation.

• 雨あめのあと、川かわは泥どろ水みずで濁にごっていた。

  After the rain, the river was muddy and brown.

• 彼かれは泥どろ水みずをすするような苦く労ろうをしてきた。

  He has endured hardships as if drinking muddy water.

noun

red-light district

Only with reading どろみず

Figurative use, likening the morally murky world of the pleasure quarters to muddy water. Often in the phrase 泥水稼業 (どろみずかぎょう).

• 彼かの女じょは泥どろ水みず稼か業ぎょうから足あしを洗あらった。

  She left the red-light district trade behind.