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
Examples (6 in total)
Tom got his pants dirty.
Some factories pollute the environment.
He blotted his shirt with ink spots.
After the pictures were revealed, the actress' clean image was tainted.
He soiled his white shirt when he changed the ink cartridge.
Factory waste sometimes pollutes our rivers.