濁る|にごるnigoru[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

JLPT N2approx.Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, intransitive verbto become muddy; to become cloudy; to become turbid; to become impure (of a liquid or gas)
    川かわは泥どろで濁にごっていた。↗
    The river was cloudy with silt.
  2. godan verb, intransitive verbto become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become indistinct; to become fuzzy; to become hoarse
  3. godan verb, intransitive verbto become impure (of one's heart, a society, etc.); to be corrupted; to be polluted
  4. godan verb, intransitive verbto become voiced (of a consonant); to be pronounced as a voiced sound
Conjugation
Dictionary form濁る(にごる)
Polite (masu)濁ります(にごります)
Negative (nai)濁らない(にごらない)
polite (masen)濁りません(にごりません)
classical zu / nu濁らず・濁らぬ(にごらず・にごらぬ)
Past (ta)濁った(にごった)
polite (mashita)濁りました(にごりました)
Past negative (nakatta)濁らなかった(にごらなかった)
polite (masen deshita)濁りませんでした(にごりませんでした)
Te form濁って(にごって)
Potential濁れる(にごれる)
Passive濁られる(にごられる)
Causative濁らせる(にごらせる)
Causative passive濁らせられる・濁らされる(にごらせられる・にごらされる)
Conditional (ba)濁れば(にごれば)
tara濁ったら(にごったら)
Volitional濁ろう(にごろう)
polite (mashou)濁りましょう(にごりましょう)
Imperative濁れ(にごれ)

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

Transitive / intransitive pair
intransitive濁るにごる⇄transitive濁すにごす
水みずが濁にごる
泥どろで水みずを濁にごす
濁る focuses on the event or resulting state, as in 水が濁る; 濁す foregrounds the agent acting on something, as in 泥で水を濁す.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 液体えきたい・気体きたいなどに他ほかの物質ぶっしつが混まじって透明とうめいでなくなる。
  2. 色いろ・音おとなどが鮮明せんめいでなくなる。
  3. 邪心じゃしんが生しょうじる。
  4. 濁点だくてんを打うつ。濁音だくおんとなる。
Kanji in this word
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