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    3. 汚れる

    汚れる

    汚よごれ​る​

    to get dirty

    N4KMT9News #27+1CoreVerb, IntransitiveDaily LifeEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab9 strokes

    よごれる

    Verb, Intransitive

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

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    服ふくが汚よごれてしまった。

    My clothes got dirty.

    KMT7Daily Life
    雨あめで靴くつが泥どろで汚よごれてしまった。

    My shoes got dirty with mud in the rain.

    KMT9Daily LifeWeather & Geography
    彼かれの心こころは、不ふ正せいな行こう為いによって汚よごれてしまった。

    His heart became sullied by dishonest acts.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychology
    子こ供どもたちは公こう園えんで遊あそび、泥どろだらけになって汚よごれて帰かえってきた。

    The children played in the park and came home dirty, covered in mud.

    KMT9Daily Life
    環かん境きょう汚お染せんによって、美うつくしい川かわの水みずが汚よごれてしまった。

    Due to environmental pollution, the beautiful river water became dirty.

    KMT9Nature & Environment

    Characters that make up this word

    汚
    けが.す・けが.れる・けが.らわしい・よご.す・よご.れる・きたな.い…(1)
    dirty・pollute・disgrace・rape・defile
    Kanji
    れ
    re
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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