JLPT N2 Upper Intermediate
濁る
To become muddy, cloudy, dull, or impure.
Readings
Other forms
濁ります polite form
濁った past form
濁って te-form
濁す nigosu, the transitive verb meaning "to make something cloudy" or "to be evasive"
1 Intransitive Godan Verb
To become cloudy or muddy
Describes a liquid or gas losing its transparency and becoming opaque or impure.
Example
スープ を かき混ぜ すぎる と 濁って しまい ます よ 。
If you stir the soup too much, it will get cloudy.
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2 Intransitive Godan Verb
To become dull or muffled
Indicates that a sound has lost its resonance or a color has lost its vibrancy.
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3 Intransitive Godan Verb
To become corrupt or impure
Figuratively describes a person’s character, heart, or society losing innocence and becoming corrupt.
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4 Intransitive Godan Verb
To become a voiced sound (linguistics)
Designates the linguistic shift of an unvoiced consonant changing into a voiced consonant.
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