濡ぬれ衣ぎぬ

noun

false accusation; unfounded suspicion; groundless charge

Refers to being wrongly suspected or accused of something one did not do. Often used in the phrase 濡れ衣を着せる (to falsely accuse someone).

• 彼かれは濡ぬれ衣ぎぬを着きせられて、会かい社しゃを辞やめさせられた。

  He was falsely accused and forced to resign from the company.

• それは全まったくの濡ぬれ衣ぎぬだ。

  That's a completely groundless charge.

noun

wet clothes

Original, literal meaning of 'wet clothes'. Rarely used in modern Japanese except in historical or literary contexts; the figurative sense is dominant.

• 古こ典てんでは「濡ぬれ衣ぎぬ」を文も字じ通どおり濡ぬれた衣い服ふくの意い味みで使つかうことがある。

  In classical texts, 濡れ衣 is sometimes used literally to mean wet clothes.