濁る

Reading

Kana: にごる

Romaji: nigoru

Definitions

v5r

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1

to become muddy; to become cloudy; to get impure (of a liquid, gas, etc.)

2

to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse

3

to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted; to be polluted

4

to become voiced; to add voiced consonant marks

See also: 濁り (reading にごり, entry #3)

Kanji

濁

Readings: ダク、 ジョク、 にご.る、 にご.す

Meanings: voiced, uncleanness, wrong, nigori, impurity

Example Sentences

川(かわ)は泥(どろ)で濁(にご)っていた。

➥The river was cloudy with silt.

やがて濁(にご)った雨(あめ)がオレを濡(ぬ)らし始(はじ)めた。

➥The dirty rain started to fall on me.

尿(にょう)の色(いろ)が濁(にご)っています。

➥My urine is cloudy.

彼(かれ)の英語(えいご)の発音(はつおん)って、なんかにごってない？

➥His English has a murky, muddled sound to it, don't you think?