濁す|にごすnigosu[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, transitive verbto make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to roil
    水面すいめんから飛び立とびたつ鳥とりは努つとめてあとを濁にごさぬようにする。↗
    A bird flying out of the water is careful not to cause turbulence.
  2. godan verb, transitive verbto make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
Conjugation
Dictionary form濁す(にごす)
Polite (masu)濁します(にごします)
Negative (nai)濁さない(にごさない)
polite (masen)濁しません(にごしません)
classical zu / nu濁さず・濁さぬ(にごさず・にごさぬ)
Past (ta)濁した(にごした)
polite (mashita)濁しました(にごしました)
Past negative (nakatta)濁さなかった(にごさなかった)
polite (masen deshita)濁しませんでした(にごしませんでした)
Te form濁して(にごして)
Potential濁せる(にごせる)
Passive濁される(にごされる)
Causative濁させる(にごさせる)
Causative passive濁させられる(にごさせられる)
Conditional (ba)濁せば(にごせば)
tara濁したら(にごしたら)
Volitional濁そう(にごそう)
polite (mashou)濁しましょう(にごしましょう)
Imperative濁せ(にごせ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Transitive / intransitive pair
transitive濁すにごす⇄intransitive濁るにごる
水みずが濁にごる
泥どろで水みずを濁にごす
濁る describes a liquid or sound becoming cloudy or unclear by itself, while 濁す indicates that an agent or cause brings about that change.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 濁にごるようにする。
  2. 言葉ことばを曖昧あいまいにする。
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