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2 words matching '汚れる' found
汚れる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
汚れる
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Reading : けがれる   
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 9 (among the 50,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 47,779 which gives a rank of 28,781
汚れる is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 75,000 (about 3,890,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 18070
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穢れる
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Reading : けがれる   
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 194,000 (about 312,000 results)
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汚れる is an exact match with the following word:
汚れる
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Reading : よごれる   
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to get dirty; to become dirty
2. to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity  (see also: 汚れる:けがれる)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 3 (among the 3,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 140,125 which gives a rank of 1,524
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• Google Japan frequency rank: 75,000 (about 3,940,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N4 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1171 (see iKnow! collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 2800
• One of the 1240 words included in the Genki textbooks
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 27 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
すそ
ゆか
ついて
よご
れちゃう

The bottom of your pants will unfortunately touch the floor and become dirty ...
わたし
ふく
あぶら
よご
れていた

My clothes were dirty with oil.
よご
れた
しょっき
食器
あら
てつだ
手伝
いましょ

Shall I help you with washing-up?
オ   きたな dirty   けが to defile, stain   けがれる to be defiled   けがらわしい dirty, defiled   よご to make dirty   よごれる to be dirty   
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reach
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
スイ   みず water   
polluted
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