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Dictionary: “泥”

泥

どろ

mud; (wet) dirt

Example sentence

The river was cloudy with silt.

Kanji details

Kun/On information

泥
On
でい;ない;で;に
Kun
どろ;なず.む
Stroke count
8

・mud

・mire

・adhere to

・be attached to

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Related words to 泥

49 related words

泥酔

でいすい

→

being dead drunk;drunken stupor

泥沼

どろぬま

→

bog;marsh;swamp;quagmire;morass

泥炭

でいたん

→

peat

泥棒

どろぼう

→

thief;burglar;robber

泥

どろ

→

thief

泥沼

どろぬま

→

quandary;dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself;imbroglio

泥棒

どろぼう

→

theft;burglary;robbery

泥

どろ

→

Android (mobile operating system)

泥仕合

どろじあい

→

mudslinging contest;mudslinging match

泥水

どろみず

→

muddy water

泥水

どろみず

→

red-light district

泥中

でいちゅう

→

in the mud or mire

泥棒削り

どろぼうけずり

→

pencil sharpened at both ends;sharpening a pencil at both ends

泥だらけ

どろだらけ

→

covered in mud;mud-caked

泥人形

どろにんぎょう

→

clay doll

泥棒稼業

どろぼうかぎょう

→

professional thievery

泥棒猫

どろぼうねこ

→

thieving cat

泥像

でいぞう

→

clay figure (buried with the dead in ancient China);earthen statue

泥土

でいど

→

mud

泥板岩

でいばんがん

→

shale

泥に塗れる

どろにまみれる

→

to be covered with mud

泥のように寝る

どろのようにねる

→

to sleep like a log;to sleep like a baby

泥沼化

どろぬまか

→

bogging down;dragging on;turning into a quagmire;becoming mired in a mess

泥棒に追い銭

どろぼうにおいせん

→

throwing good money after bad

泥塑

でいそ

→

unfired clay figurine

泥を吐く

どろをはく

→

to fess up;to come clean;to confess one's crimes;to spill the beans

泥レス

どろレス

→

mud wrestling

泥まみれ

どろまみれ

→

muddy;covered with mud;mud-caked

泥亀

どろがめ

→

Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis)

泥む

なずむ

→

to cling to (e.g. old customs);to adhere to;to stick to;to be wedded to

泥をかぶる

どろをかぶる

→

to take the blame

泥棒を捕らえて縄を綯う

どろぼうをとらえてなわをなう

→

starting something in the eleventh hour;have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain;don't lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen;braiding the rope only after the thief is caught

泥の像

でいのぞう

→

mud image

泥団子

どろだんご

→

ball of mud;dirt ball

泥棒政治家

どろぼうせいじか

→

kleptocrat

泥地

でいち

→

mud;bog

泥棒根性

どろぼうこんじょう

→

underhand character;thievish nature

泥水稼業

どろみずかぎょう

→

making a living in the red-light district

泥棒回り

どろぼうまわり

→

clockwise rotation (when playing cards, etc.)

泥を塗る

どろをぬる

→

to besmirch;to sully

泥んこ

どろんこ

→

mud

泥岩

でいがん

→

mudstone

泥のように眠る

どろのようにねむる

→

to sleep like a log;to sleep like a baby

泥いじり

どろいじり

→

playing with mud

泥の木

どろのき

→

Japanese poplar (Populus maximowiczii)

泥流

でいりゅう

→

(volcanic) mud flow

泥洹

ないおん

→

nirvana

泥んこ遊び

どろんこあそび

→

playing in the mud;playing with mud

泥棒政治

どろぼうせいじ

→

kleptocracy