Kanji
穢
kanji character
dirty
穢 kanji-穢 dirty
穢
Meaning
dirty
Readings
Kun'yomi
- けがす
- けがれ
- けがれる
On'yomi
- あい
- え た eta
- え ど this impure world (as opposed to the pure land)
- ぞう え various impurities (illness, menstruation, death, etc.)
- お わい night soil
- しゅう わい ugly and filthy
- お わい や person who gathers night soil
Practice Writing
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Common Words
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穢 いdirty, filthy, foul... -
穢 すto pollute, to contaminate, to soil... -
穢 れuncleanness, impurity, defilement... -
穢 るto be violated, to be corrupted, to be polluted... -
穢 れるto be violated, to be corrupted, to be polluted... -
穢 多 eta, group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system and whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses -
穢 土 this impure world (as opposed to the pure land), feces, faeces -
穢 らしいdirty-looking, filthy, disgusting... -
汚 穢 night soil, muck, filth... -
雑 穢 various impurities (illness, menstruation, death... -
醜 穢 ugly and filthy -
触 穢 uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation... -
穢 らわしいfilthy, unfair, dirty... -
穢 れのないpure, clean, untouched... -
口 穢 いfoul-mouthed, foul (language), abusive... -
腹 穢 いblack-hearted, nasty -
寝 穢 いsound asleep, fast asleep, untidy... -
穢 れの無 いpure, clean, untouched... -
爺 穢 いlike an old man, doddering, wizened... -
汚 穢 屋 person who gathers night soil -
意 地 穢 いgluttonous, greedy -
厭 離 穢 土 abhorrence of (living in) this impure world -
晩 節 を穢 すto ruin one's reputation in later life, to tarnish one's twilight years