汚い
きたないDirty, unclean, messy
N5i-adjective·kitanai
How to remember it
Imagine a kitten playing at night (きたない) and coming back filthy.
Example sentences
この部屋は汚いです。
このへやはきたないです。
This room is dirty.
汚い言葉を使わないで。
きたないことばをつかわないで。
Don't use dirty words.
Usage
Also figuratively means unfair or mean, as in 汚い手.
Related words
きれい清潔掃除泥