Keyword
dirty
Info
FrequencyTop 800-900
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig1334
Readings
よご
(45%)
けが
(16%)
(14%)
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 (120 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 (111 in total)
Isn't this table dirty?
The air in this room is foul.
The knife is dirty.
He exclaimed, "What a dirty face you have!"
Are your hands free of dirt?
Your clothes are dirty.
Please clean the dirty floor.
One of your shoes is dirty.
We must wash all these dirty plates.
I found the river dirty.
Your feet are dirty.
The bigger a city grows, the dirtier the air and water become.
His room is dirty.
Your hands are filthy.
That shirt is very dirty. It needs washing before you go to school.
Don't pick that up. It's dirty.
I apologize for my bad handwriting.
Please excuse my bad handwriting.
His room is untidy.
You have dirty hands.
I saw a dirty dog coming into the garden.
The room is dirty, so I'll clean it.
Don't bring that dirty dog through the kitchen.
These trousers are dirty.
Look, my pants are not as dirty as yours.
The towels are dirty.
Some factories pollute the environment.
Your pillow is dirty.
They shone like stars in the dark, dirty building.
My clothes were dirty with oil.
These clothes are dirty and need washing.
These clothes are dirty and need to be washed.
She wanted to wash the dirty clothes.
My glasses are dirty.
Your face is dirty.
Jack played a dirty trick on me.
Bring me a clean plate and take the dirty one away.
Change your shirt. It's very dirty.
The plate is dirty.
This plate is dirty.
This river is so polluted that fish can no longer live in it.
This river is not polluted.
The factory is trying to get rid of water pollution.
Most living creatures in the sea are affected by pollution.
The atmosphere is being polluted.
Even the upper atmosphere is polluted.
We must rescue the environment from pollution.
Air is polluted in cities.
My keyboard is dirty.
The towels in the bathroom are dirty.
That's a dirty trick.
Soap has the property of removing dirt.
Beth won't let Chris kiss her because he's very dirty.
Tom got his pants dirty.
Tom's room is dirty.
Tom always leaves his bicycle dirty.
Our cities create serious pollution problems.
Most creatures in the sea are affected by pollution.
These dirty clothes could be a new piece of evidence to prove his innocence.
The suitcase contained nothing but dirty clothes.
We ought to do our best not to pollute our environment.
He blotted his shirt with ink spots.
The boy got his hands dirty.
The drug problem is international.
Tom always leaves dirty dishes in the sink.
My shoes are dirty.
Your windscreen is dirty.
I can't see anything. The windshield is very dirty.
After the pictures were revealed, the actress' clean image was tainted.
Infect the area with cholera.
His blue coat was dirty and wrinkled.
The atmosphere in a large city is polluted.
There's a lot of dirty dishes in the sink.
People are suffering from the contamination of the water supply.
This river is polluted with factory waste.
The river is polluted by waste from houses and factories.
Factory waste sometimes pollutes our rivers.
Factory waste has polluted the sea.
Wastes have polluted portions of our water.
The air was polluted by exhaust gas.
The problems of air and water pollution will be intensified by the growth of inhabitants.
She washed her dirty hands before the meal.
Never rub your eyes with dirty hands.
Cycling is good exercise. Moreover, it doesn't pollute the air.
You may take the book home so long as you don't get it dirty.
The municipal council all but ignored the gravity of the pollution.
The very air we breathe is polluted with smog from the factory chimneys.
The factory waste gave rise to serious environmental pollution.
The world is confronted with the problem of environmental pollution.
We had a lecture on environmental pollution.
How to deal with environmental pollution is a serious matter.
Environmental pollution is causing abnormal weather conditions.
Industrial wastes pollute the earth.
This district is notorious for air pollution.
This village is free from air pollution.
The city is notorious for its polluted air.
Air pollution is a serious problem in this country.
Air pollution will be a threat to our survival.
Smoke coming from chimneys is a cause of air pollution.
We have to take steps to prevent air pollution.
Our city is free from air pollution.
Tokyo's air pollution problem is even worse than that of New York.
The new law is expected to cut air pollution by 60%.
Many rivers in Japan are polluted by waste water from factories.
The oil often spilled by tankers also adds to water pollution.
The lake is notorious for its contamination.
These infections were caused by contaminated milk.
It's about time the government did something about pollution.
The air was infected with photochemical smog.
It is essential to prevent salmonella contamination in hen egg production.
He soiled his white shirt when he changed the ink cartridge.