濁る
にごる
Meanings
- Godan verb, Intransitive to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become turbid; to become impure (of a liquid or gas)
- to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become indistinct; to become fuzzy; to become hoarse
- to become impure (of one's heart, a society, etc.); to be corrupted; to be polluted
- to become voiced (of a consonant); to be pronounced as a voiced sound
Kanji
- 濁 murky. Read as にごる.
Example sentences
- 川は泥で濁っていた。
The river was cloudy with silt. - 彼の英語の発音って、なんかにごってない？
His English has a murky, muddled sound to it, don't you think? - 湖の水は濁っている。
The water in the lake is murky. - コップの水は濁ってる。
The water in the glass is cloudy.
Common phrases
Related forms
- 濁す (にごす) to make muddy (of a liquid) (transitive partner)