穢

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.

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

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

dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid

foul-mouthed; foul (language); abusive

greedy; gluttonous

night soil

muck; filth; dirt

sound asleep; fast asleep

untidy; slovenly

Colloquial

person who gathers night soil

black-hearted; nasty

gluttonous; greedy

pure; clean; untouched; innocent

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

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

abhorrence of (living in) this impure world

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

Rare term

ugly and filthy

Rare term

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

Buddhism

this impure world (as opposed to the pure land)

Archaic

feces; faeces

Nidan verb (lower class)

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

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