濁る (Nigoru) is a Japanese godan verb meaning “to become muddy, to become cloudy, to become turbid, to become impure (of a liquid or gas)”.
Meanings
- godan verb, intransitive verbto become muddy; to become cloudy; to become turbid; to become impure (of a liquid or gas)
- godan verb, intransitive verbto become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become indistinct; to become fuzzy; to become hoarse
- godan verb, intransitive verbto become impure (of one's heart, a society, etc.); to be corrupted; to be polluted
- godan verb, intransitive verbto become voiced (of a consonant); to be pronounced as a voiced sound
Examples
川は泥で濁っていた。
The river was cloudy with silt.
尿の色が濁っています。
My urine is cloudy.
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?
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).