Keyword
mud
Info
FrequencyTop 1300-1400
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig1135
Readings
どろ
(80%)
でい
(18%)
Composed of
water drops
nun
Used in vocabulary (180 in total)
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
covered in mud; mud-caked
muddy water; red-light district
wide difference; a world of difference
being dead drunk; drunken stupor
muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked
to besmirch; to sully
smelling of mud or earth; unrefined; uncouth
thieving cat; adulterer; homewrecker
quagmire; sludge; mud; slush; mire
adhering to; being a stickler for; being particular about; worrying too much about
sludge; slime; dregs; hopeless situation; hell; despair
to bring disgrace (dishonor, dishonour) on; to fling mud at; to put to shame
to sleep like a log; to sleep like a baby
sneak thief; petty thief; cat burglar
sneak thief; petty thief; cat burglar
looter; thief at the scene of a fire; someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime
master thief; notorious robber
bogging down; dragging on; turning into a quagmire; becoming mired in a mess
mudslinging contest; mudslinging match
boat to transport mud; (fictional) boat made of (dried) mud
boat to transport mud; (fictional) boat made of (dried) mud
mud; muddy; covered in mud
ball of mud; dirt ball
to take the blame; (lit.) to cover oneself in mud
to take the blame; (lit.) to cover oneself in mud
to be covered with mud
to fess up; to come clean; to confess one's crimes; to spill the beans
rice paddy with a thick layer of mud at the bottom; muddy rice field
loach (any fish of family Cobitidae); weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus); pond loach
great difference
state of drunkenness; (in a) fuddle
playing in the mud; playing with mud
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
tax parasite (e.g. public servant, politician, welfare recipient); tax thief
to be muddy; to be slushy
in the mud or mire
muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked
measure taken too late; measure taken in haste
drunk; drunken person; drunkard
to cling to; to stick to; to be wedded to
Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); mud turtle (Kinosternidae spp.); musk turtle
sludge; ooze
muddy shoes or boots
grave robber; grave robbing
thieving cat; adulterer; homewrecker
silver paint
it's (so cheap it's) a steal!; (lit.) take it away, thief
(volcanic) mud flow
ball of mud; dirt ball
mudslinging contest; mudslinging match
distemper painting; painting made with gold or silver paint (usu. on a dark background)
last minute; eleventh hour
splash of mud; mud spatter
show me a liar, and I will show you a thief
mud wrestling
thief who steals money from the offerings box at a shrine or temple; offerings thief
spring sludge; spring mud (caused by the melting of the snow); (muddy) slush
rustler; cattle thief
protection against (flying) mud; mudguard; mudflap; fender (of a car); wing
to sleep like a log; to sleep like a baby
unglazed reddish brown pottery (originally from China)
miry; swampy; foundrous
thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
peatland; peatlands; peat bog
playing in the mud; playing with mud
looter; thief at the scene of a fire; someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime
auto theft; car thief
underhand character; thievish nature
slush; slush ice; snow slush
splash of mud; mud spatter
don't trust strangers; always assume the worst (of people)
mud and sand
protection against (flying) mud; mudguard; mudflap; fender (of a car); wing
gluttonous goby (Chasmichthys gulosus)
colour wash; distemper; powdered paints or pigments
flower thief; stealing flowers
to grow dark slowly
to sleep like a log; to sleep like a baby
playing with mud
freeloader; slacker; lazy worker who does not deserve his salary
panties thief; knickers bandit
mud bath (at an onsen)
making a living in the red-light district
throwing good money after bad
mud wall with a roof; roofed mud wall
saddle flap
saddle flap
marl (unconsolidated lime-rich rock)
show me a liar, and I will show you a thief
show me a liar, and I will show you a thief
show me a liar, and I will show you a thief
Japanese poplar (Populus maximowiczii)
sneak thief; petty thief; cat burglar
fango; mud, herb and wax mix used for therapy
potter wasp (any wasp of subfamily Eumeninae); mason wasp
being poles apart; (there being) all the difference in the world
thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
to be muddy; to be slushy
spirogyra; algae forming pond scum
cops and robbers (hide-and-seek game)
cops and robbers (hide-and-seek game)
bigfin reef squid; oval squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana)
cops and robbers (hide-and-seek game)
cops and robbers (hide-and-seek game)
scooping loaches; catching loach in a net; loach-catching dance
to sleep like a log; to sleep like a baby
white poplar (Populus alba)
mud and sand
Japanese poplar (Populus maximowiczii)
playing with mud
Japanese striped loach (Cobitis biwae)
preaching burglar; burglar who preaches at the victim about the methods of preventing similar crimes
a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; (lit.) there aren't always loaches under the willow tree
a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; (lit.) there aren't always loaches under the willow tree
a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; (lit.) there aren't always loach under the willow tree; good luck does not always repeat itself
a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; (lit.) there aren't always loach under the willow tree; good luck does not always repeat itself
plastering trowel
unfired clay figurine
painting made with gold or silver paint (usu. on a dark background)
Oscillatoria (cyanobacteria)
heavily made-up woman; (lit.) flour-shop burglar
to do something stupid; to do something pointless; (lit.) to hit a muddy rice field with a stick
steamed bun shaped like a loach catcher
starting something in the eleventh hour; have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain; don't lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen; braiding the rope only after the thief is caught
starting something in the eleventh hour; have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain; don't lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen; braiding the rope only after the thief is caught
pencil sharpened at both ends; sharpening a pencil at both ends
two things that do not go well together; (lit.) pairing kintsuba with loach soup
red mud; bauxite tailings; red sludge
fango therapy; fango treatment
fango; mud taken from a hot spring
extreme difference; worlds apart
clay figure (buried with the dead in ancient China); earthen statue
clay figure (buried with the dead in ancient China); earthen statue
merchants from Ise and Ōmi do not waste their money (unlike Edoites); (lit.) robbers from Ōmi, beggars from Ise
clockwise rotation (when playing cards, etc.)
Japanese eight-barbel loach (Lefua echigonia)
oedogonium (any of a genus of filamentous green algae)
blotched snakehead (Channa maculata)
Niwaella delicata (species of loach)
Cobitis takatsuensis (species of loach)
zygnema; any freshwater filamentous thalloid algae of genus Zygnema
Examples (107 in total)
If you take your shoes off before coming into the house you won't bring in any dirt from your shoes.
Mother removed mud from his shoes.
Mud clings to my shoes.