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    3. 濁す

    濁す

    濁にごす​

    to make muddy (of a liquid)

    KMT10News #29+1CoreVerb, TransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab18 strokes

    にごす

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to make muddy (of a liquid), to make cloudy, to make turbid, to roil
    2.
    to make ambiguous, to evade (e.g. the point), to be noncommittal about

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    川かわの水みずを濁にごさないでください。

    Please don't muddy the river water.

    KMT5Nature & Environment
    彼かれは質しつ問もんの答こたえを濁にごした。

    He gave an ambiguous answer to the question.

    KMT10Daily Life
    政せい治じ家かは常つねに核かく心しんを濁にごす傾けい向こうがある。

    Politicians tend to always evade the core issue.

    KMT10Politics & Law
    彼かの女じょは自じ分ぶんの気き持もちを濁にごして、はっきり言いわなかった。

    She was ambiguous about her feelings and didn't say them clearly.

    KMT10Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    工こう事じ現げん場ばからの排はい水すいが川かわを濁にごしている。

    Wastewater from the construction site is muddying the river.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentWork & Career

    Characters that make up this word

    濁
    にご.る・にご.す…(3)
    voiced・uncleanness・wrong・nigori・impurity
    Kanji
    す
    su
    Kana
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