汚す
よごす
Also written けがす, 穢す
Meanings
- Godan verb, Transitive to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to make dirty; to stain
- to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor; to defile (esp. けがす)
Kanji
- 汚 dirty. Read as よごす.
Example sentences
- 君たちの不道徳な行いは我が校の名を汚すものだ。
Your wrongdoing is a disgrace to our school. - 汚さない限り、この本を持ち帰ってもいいですよ。
You may take this book as long as you keep it clean. - わたしは手をすっかりよごしちゃった。
I got my hands quite dirty. - タバコの煙は部屋の空気を汚す。
Cigarette smoke fouls the air in a room. - その本を汚さないように扱ってくれるなら、貸してあげるよ。
You may borrow this book as long as you keep it clean.
Common phrases
- 手を汚す (てをよごす) to dirty one's hands
- 名を汚す (なをけがす) to shame the name (of)
- 名誉を汚す
- 血で汚す
- 品位を汚す
- 晩節を汚す (ばんせつをけがす) to ruin one's reputation in later life