穢

pure; clean; untouched; innocent

Buddhism

this impure world (as opposed to the pure land)

Archaic

feces; faeces

Historical term; Sensitive; Derog. when written 穢多

eta; group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system and whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses

dirty; filthy; foul; unclean

disordered; messy; untidy; poor (e.g. handwriting)

indecent (language, etc.); dirty; vulgar; coarse

dastardly; mean; base; underhanded

stingy; greedy

to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to make dirty; to stain

Esp. けがす

to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor; to defile

uncleanness; impurity; defilement

disgrace; shame; stain; blot; corruption; depravity

uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.

filthy; unfair; dirty; untouchable; disgusting; nasty; foul; odious; repulsive

to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained

dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid

foul-mouthed; foul (language); abusive

greedy; gluttonous

gluttonous; greedy

night soil

muck; filth; dirt

like an old man; doddering; wizened; frowzy; seedy

sound asleep; fast asleep

untidy; slovenly

to ruin one's reputation in later life; to tarnish one's twilight years

abhorrence of (living in) this impure world

Colloquial

person who gathers night soil

black-hearted; nasty

Rare term

ugly and filthy

Rare term

various impurities (illness, menstruation, death, etc.)

uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.

Nidan verb (lower class)

to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained