汚い (Kitanai) is a Japanese i-adjective meaning “dirty, filthy, foul, unclean”.
Meanings
- i-adjectivedirty; filthy; foul; unclean
- i-adjectivedisordered; messy; untidy; poor (e.g. handwriting)
- i-adjectiveindecent (language, etc.); dirty; vulgar; coarse
- i-adjectivedastardly; mean; base; underhanded
- i-adjectivestingy; greedy
Examples
彼の部屋は汚い。
His room is untidy.
汚い下着を人前で洗うな。
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
その水は油で汚くなった。
The water was fouled by oil.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).