泥|どろdoro[2]odaka (tail-high)

1. nounmud; (wet) dirt
   川かわは泥どろで濁にごっていた。↗

   The river was cloudy with silt.
2. nounthief
3. nounAndroid (mobile operating system)

• Synonym泥んこどろんこCasualColloquial and childlike: mud, or being covered in it, as in 「泥んこ遊び」. 「泥」 is the general term.
• Synonym泥土でいどWrittenWritten/formal prose; in geology, mud deposited as sediment, and figuratively something base or lowly. Everyday speech uses 「泥」.

Everyday mud is 「泥」. 「泥んこ」 is colloquial and childlike for mud or being covered in it, as in 「泥んこ遊び」. 「泥土」 is written/formal prose, mainly geological for deposited mud, also figuratively something base; avoid in casual talk.

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1. （どろ）水気みずけを多おおく含ふくみ粘り気ねばりけのある土つち。