泥
泥

mud, mire, adhere to, be attached to

8 strokesFrequency 1,589JLPT N2Grade 8

On

デイナイデニ

Kun

どろなず.む

Nanori

ひじ

Dictionary

Common Words

泥どろNounFreq #4514
1

mud; (wet) dirt

Examples
川は泥で濁っていた。
The river was cloudy with silt.
2

Abbreviation

thief

3

Internet slang

Android (mobile operating system)

泥棒どろぼう泥坊NounFreq #5263
1

thief; burglar; robber

Examples
そこの乞食が泥棒である事がわかった。
The beggar turned out to be a thief.
2

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb

theft; burglary; robbery

どろどろドロドロ泥々泥泥OnomatopoeicUsually kanaFreq #12200
1

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Adverb (fukushi); Adverb taking the 'to' particle

viscous; mushy; pulpy; thick; slushy; syrupy; sticky

Examples
水を加え、練り粉がどろどろしない程度に混ぜなさい。
Add water and mix to a firm dough.
2

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.)

3

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Adverb taking the 'to' particle

to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky; to be sordid

泥沼ドロ沼どろぬま (泥沼)ドロぬま (ドロ沼)でいしょう (泥沼)NounFreq #16006
1

bog; marsh; swamp; quagmire; morass

Examples
私たちは書類事務の泥沼に陥っていた。
We were bogged down in a morass of paperwork.
2

どろぬま／ドロぬま only

quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio

泥だらけどろだらけ～な Adj.～の Adj.Freq #18613
1

covered in mud; mud-caked

泥水どろみずでいすいNounFreq #23048
1

muddy water

Examples
車が通った時に泥水をかぶった。
The passing car splashed muddy water on me.
2

red-light district

《ぬかるむ》泥濘むIntransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #24995
1

to be muddy; to be slushy

Examples
私はぬかるんだ斜面をずるずると滑り下りた。
I slithered down the muddy slope.
雲泥の差うんでいのさ雲泥之差NounExpressionFreq #26520
1

Idiomatic expression

wide difference; a world of difference

Examples
「まがりなりにも通じている」ということと「正しい英語を使っている」ということには雲泥の差があります。
There is a world of difference between, "somehow being understood" and "using correct English."
泥酔でいすいNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #27461
1

being dead drunk; drunken stupor

Examples
ゆうべ、泥酔のみずきは湖のほとりを歩いていて、水の中に落ちてしまった。
Last night Mizuki, very drunk, fell into the water while walking along the lakeside.
《ぬかるみ》泥濘NounUsually kanaFreq #29292
1

muddy place; mud; mire; sludge; slush; quagmire

Examples
ぬかるみに足を取られた。
I lost my balance on the muddy road.
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