Keyword
dirty
Info
FrequencyTop 800-900
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig1334
Readings
よご
(45%)
けが
(15%)
お
(15%)
Composed of
water drops
be unable to breathe
one
Mnemonic

You know how when you're really dirty and haven't washed for a while you stink so much that you are the one who's unable to breathe properly from all of that stink, and the only remedy that can take away all of the dirt and smell is some good old water?

Used in vocabulary (134 in total)
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
Examples (154 in total)
No, it's not dirty enough to throw away.
Then, your skirt will get dirty, won't it?
Your hands will get dirty that way, won't they?