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汚れる

JLPT N4 · Vocabulary

汚れる — “to get dirty, to become soiled”

汚れる (read よごれる) means to get dirty, to become soiled. It appears on the JLPT N4 vocabulary list and is a verb.

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よごれる

Meaning

to get dirty, to become soiled

汚れる in a sentence

雨あめで靴くつが汚れよごれました。

My shoes got dirty in the rain.

The kanji in 汚れる

汚dirty

Words that share a kanji with 汚れる

汚いきたない— dirty, unclean, filthy
汚染おせん— pollution, contamination
汚すよごす— to make dirty, to soil, to stain

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