I Love Kanji汚れる (yogoreru)
汚れる (よごれる, yogoreru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to get dirty; to become dirty”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- よごれる
- Romaji
- yogoreru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to get dirty; to become dirty · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity · ichidan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
おまえを失いかけた時、俺は自分の汚れた心を見た。
When I was on the verge of losing you, I saw how sinful my soul was.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 汚れる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 汚れる | よごれる yogoreru |
| Polite (~masu) | 汚れます | よごれます yogoremasu |
| Negative | 汚れない | よごれない yogorenai |
| Polite negative | 汚れません | よごれません yogoremasen |
| Past | 汚れた | よごれた yogoreta |
| Polite past | 汚れました | よごれました yogoremashita |
| Negative past | 汚れなかった | よごれなかった yogorenakatta |
| Te-form | 汚れて | よごれて yogorete |
| Potential | 汚れられる | よごれられる yogorerareru |
| Passive | 汚れられる | よごれられる yogorerareru |
| Causative | 汚れさせる | よごれさせる yogoresaseru |
| Volitional | 汚れよう | よごれよう yogoreyou |
| Imperative | 汚れろ | よごれろ yogorero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 汚れれば | よごれれば yogorereba |
Kanji in 汚れる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 汚れる.
Source: JMdict entry 1179005 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.