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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

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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.
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.
泥まみれ泥塗れどろまみれ～の Adj.Freq #29342
1

muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked

Examples
そのはしごは泥塗れだった。
The ladder was covered with mud.
泥を塗るどろをぬるExpressionGodan verbFreq #29855
1

Idiomatic expression

to besmirch; to sully

Examples
その知らせは彼の誠実さに泥を塗る事になろう。
That news will besmirch his reputation for honesty.
泥臭いどろくさい～い Adj.Freq #30213
1

smelling of mud; smelling of earth

2

unrefined; unpolished; uncouth; crude

《ぬかる》泥濘るIntransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #32214
1

to be muddy; to be slushy

泥棒猫泥棒ネコどろぼう猫どろぼうねこ (泥棒猫／どろぼう猫)どろぼうネコ (泥棒ネコ)NounFreq #33275
1

thieving cat

2

Derogatory

adulterer; homewrecker

泥炭でいたん《すくも》Noun～の Adj.Freq #36274
1

peat

泥のように眠るどろのようにねむるExpressionGodan verbFreq #45250
1

Idiomatic expression

to sleep like a log; to sleep like a baby

泥人形どろにんぎょうNounFreq #49823
1

clay doll

泥土でいどNounFreq #54619
1

Formal or literary term

mud

泥沼化どろぬまかNoun～する VerbFreq #57629
1

bogging down; dragging on; turning into a quagmire; becoming mired in a mess

泥仕合どろじあい泥試合NounFreq #58675
1

mudslinging contest; mudslinging match

Examples
選挙戦はとうとう泥試合になってしまった。
The political campaign has turned into a dirty fight at last.
泥舟泥船どろぶねNounFreq #59208
1

boat for transporting mud

2

boat made from mud (in folktales); sinking ship

どじょう泥鰌鰌ドジョウどんじょう (泥鰌)どんじょ (泥鰌)NounFreq #60464
1

Word usually written using kana alone

loach (any fish of family Cobitidae)

2

weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus); pond loach

泥んこどろんこFreq #63356
1

Common noun

mud

Examples
子供たちは泥んこの中で遊んでいた。
The children were playing in the dirt.
2

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

muddy; covered in mud

泥団子泥だんごどろだんごNounFreq #64159
1

ball of mud; dirt ball

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