Kitanai

JLPT N5

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汚い (Kitanai) is a Japanese i-adjective meaning “dirty, filthy, foul, unclean”.

Meanings

  1. i-adjectivedirty; filthy; foul; unclean
  2. i-adjectivedisordered; messy; untidy; poor (e.g. handwriting)
  3. i-adjectiveindecent (language, etc.); dirty; vulgar; coarse
  4. i-adjectivedastardly; mean; base; underhanded
  5. i-adjectivestingy; greedy

Examples

  • His room is untidy.

  • Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

  • The water was fouled by oil.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 汚い

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