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泥

泥 — mud, mire, adhere to

On
デイ, ナイ, デ, ニ
Kun
どろ, なずむ
Strokes
8
JLPT
N2
School grade
8

Common words with 泥

  • 泥どろmud; (wet) dirtCommon

    川は泥で濁っていた。
    The river was cloudy with silt.

  • 泥沼どろぬまbog; marsh; swamp; quagmire; morassCommon

    私たちは書類事務の泥沼に陥っていた。
    We were bogged down in a morass of paperwork.

  • 泥棒どろぼうthief; burglar; robberCommon

    そこの乞食が泥棒である事がわかった。
    The beggar turned out to be a thief.

  • 雲泥の差うんでいのさwide difference; a world of differenceCommon
  • 泥酔でいすいbeing dead drunk; drunken stuporCommon
  • 泥炭でいたんpeatCommon
  • 汚泥おでいsludge; slime; dregs; mireOccasional
  • 泥仕合どろじあいmudslinging contest; mudslinging matchOccasional
  • 泥水どろみずmuddy waterOccasional
  • 泥はねどろはねsplash of mud; mud spatterRare
  • 泥目どろめgluttonous goby (Chasmichthys gulosus)Rare
  • 泥地でいちmud; bogRare
  • 泥絵どろえdistemper paintingRare
  • 泥の木どろのきJapanese poplar (Populus maximowiczii)Rare
  • 赤泥せきでいred mud; bauxite tailings; red sludgeRare
  • 泥遊びどろあそびplaying in the mud; playing with mudRare
  • 車泥棒くるまどろぼうauto theft; car thiefRare
  • 大泥棒おおどろぼうmaster thief; notorious robberRare
  • 温泉泥おんせんどろfango; mud taken from a hot springRare
  • 泥落としどろおとしmud scraper; doormatRare

With the N5–N2 kanji, you can read 106 words that use 泥.

  • 泥 どろ mud; (wet) dirt
  • 泥棒 どろぼう thief; burglar; robber
  • 泥炭 でいたん peat
  • 雲泥の差 うんでいのさ wide difference; a world of difference
  • 汚泥 おでい sludge; slime; dregs; mire

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