Kanji details for

 
Uses 18 strokes


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- start with 穢
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dirty
KUN:
  • けが.す
    kega.su
  • けが.れ
    kega.re
  • けが.れる
    kega.reru
ON:
  • アイ
    ai
  • e
  • ワイ
    wai
Written with 18 strokes

Radicals:
Example words(showing 1-10 of 20 results)

adjective
1.
dirty, filthy, foul, unclean
2.
disordered, messy, untidy, poor (e.g. handwriting)
3.
indecent (language, etc.), dirty, vulgar, coarse
4.
dastardly, mean, base, underhanded
5.
stingy, greedy
All readings:
汚い【きたない】
穢い【きたない】
汚ない【きたない】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
1.
to pollute, to contaminate, to soil, to make dirty, to stain
2.
to disgrace, to dishonour, to dishonor, to defile(esp. けがす)
All readings:
汚す【よごす】
汚す【けがす】
穢す【けがす】

adjective
1.
sound asleep, fast asleep
2.
untidy, slovenly
All readings:
寝汚い【いぎたない】
寝穢い【いぎたない】

adjective
gluttonous, greedy
All readings:
意地汚ない【いじきたない】
意地汚い【いじきたない】
意地穢い【いじきたない】

noun
eta, group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (people whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses)(archaism, derogatory)
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

expression
1.
this impure world (as opposed to the pure land)(Buddhist term)
See also:浄土
2.
feces, faeces(archaism)

noun
abhorrence of (living in) this impure world(yojijukugo)
Other readings:
厭離穢土【おんりえど】

noun
1.
night soil
2.
muck, filth, dirt
Other readings:
汚穢【おあい】
汚穢【あえ】[1]
汚穢【わえ】[1]
汚穢【おかい】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun
person who gathers night soil(colloquialism)
Other readings:
おわい屋【おわいや】
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

adjective
dirty-looking, filthy, disgusting, squalid
All readings:
汚らしい【きたならしい】
穢らしい【きたならしい】
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