よご
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
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
Kanji used
dirty
Pitch accent
ごす
Top 4000
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
to dirty one's hands
to soil one's clothes
to shame the name (of); to blot the reputation (of)
Examples (6 in total)
Tom got his pants dirty.
Some factories pollute the environment.
He blotted his shirt with ink spots.