汚す
よごす
hepburn yogosu
to make dirty, to soil (transitive)
Part of speech · godan-verb
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 子供が服を泥で汚しました。The child got his clothes dirty with mud.
- 川を汚さないようにしましょう。Let us try not to pollute the river.
Collocations
服を汚す手を汚す川を汚す汚さない環境を汚す
Mnemonic
汚す yogosu — from 汚 (dirty): the water radical 氵 with 亏 — water made foul. As a transitive verb, to make something dirty. Its intransitive partner is 汚れる (yogoreru, to get dirty). 服を汚す (to dirty one's clothes) is transitive. Also used for pollution (川を汚す), linking to 環境 (environment, partial-5... actually kankyou).
Quick check
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