汚れる

Meanings

1. to get dirty; to become dirty
2. to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity

Part of speech: ichidan verb, intransitive

Kanji

• 汚

  Meanings

  dirty, pollute, disgrace, rape

  On reading

  オ

  Kun reading

  けが.す、けが.れる、けが.らわしい、よご.す、よご.れる、きたな.い

  Strokes

  6

Example sentences

• この部屋の空気は汚れている。

  The air in this room is foul.

  Tatoeba #220022 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• おまえを失いかけた時、俺は自分の汚れた心を見た。

  When I was on the verge of losing you, I saw how sinful my soul was.

  Tatoeba #76820 · CC BY 2.0 FR