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

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