Moto 泥: Mud; Mire; Adhere ToKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- デイ、ナイ、デ、ニ
- Kun'yomi
- どろ、なず(む)
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 177 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (デイ・ナイ・デ・ニ)
- 汚泥おでいsludge; slime
- 泥炭でいたんpeat
- 泥酔でいすいbeing dead drunk; drunken stupor
- 雲泥の差うんでいのさwide difference; a world of difference
- 乱泥流らんでいりゅうturbidity current
- 天地雲泥てんちうんでいextreme difference; worlds apart
- 封泥ふうでいlute
- 拘泥こうでいadhering to; being a stickler for
- 放散虫軟泥ほうさんちゅうなんでいradiolarian ooze
- 春泥しゅんでいspring sludge; spring mud (caused by the melting of the snow)
- 朱泥しゅでいunglazed reddish brown pottery (originally from China)
- 沈泥ちんでいsilt
- 泥の像でいのぞうmud image
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 泥どろmud; slush
- 泥沼どろぬまbog; marsh
- 泥棒どろぼうthief; burglar
- 泥仕合どろじあいmudslinging contest; mudslinging match
- 泥水どろみずmuddy water
- うそつきは泥棒の始まりうそつきはどろぼうのはじまりshow me a liar, and I will show you a thief
- こそこそ泥棒こそこそどろぼうsneak thief; petty thief
- こそ泥こそどろsneak thief; petty thief
- 人を見たら泥棒と思えひとをみたらどろぼうとおもえdon't trust strangers; always assume the worst (of people)
- 刑泥けいどろcops and robbers (hide-and-seek game)
- 半鐘泥棒はんしょうどろぼうvery tall person
- 嘘つきは泥棒のはじまりうそつきはどろぼうのはじまりshow me a liar, and I will show you a thief
- 嘘つきは泥棒の始まりうそつきはどろぼうのはじまりshow me a liar, and I will show you a thief
- 嘘吐きは泥棒の始まりうそつきはどろぼうのはじまりshow me a liar, and I will show you a thief
- 墓泥棒はかどろぼうgrave robber; grave robbing
- 大泥棒おおどろぼうmaster thief; notorious robber
- 宝石泥棒ほうせきどろぼうjewel thief
- 星味泥ほしみどろzygnema; any freshwater filamentous thalloid algae of genus Zygnema
- 暮れ泥むくれなずむto grow dark slowly
- 月給泥棒げっきゅうどろぼうfreeloader; slacker
- 泥いじりどろいじりplaying with mud
- 泥だらけどろだらけcovered in mud; mud-caked
- 泥だんごどろだんごball of mud; dirt ball
- 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
- 泥の木どろのきJapanese poplar (Populus maximowiczii)
- 泥の様に寝るどろのようにねるto sleep like a log; to sleep like a baby
- 泥の様に眠るどろのようにねむるto sleep like a log; to sleep like a baby
- 泥はねどろはねsplash of mud; mud spatter
- 泥まみれどろまみれmuddy; mud-caked
- 泥むなずむto cling to; to stick to
- 泥よけどろよけprotection against (flying) mud
- 泥をかぶるどろをかぶるto take the blame; to cover oneself in mud
- 泥を吐くどろをはくto fess up; to come clean
- 泥を塗るどろをぬるto besmirch; to sully
Other readings
- 泥々どろどろthick; viscous
- コソ泥こそどろsneak thief; petty thief
- 下着泥したぎドロpanties thief; knickers bandit
- 仏泥鰌ほとけどじょうJapanese eight-barbel loach (Lefua echigonia)
- 台湾泥鰌たいわんどじょうblotched snakehead (Channa maculata)
- 味女泥鰌あじめどじょうNiwaella delicata (species of loach)
- 持ってけ泥棒もってけドロボーit's (so cheap it's) a steal!; take it away, thief
- 柳の下にいつも泥鰌はいないやなぎのしたにいつもどじょうはいないa fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest
- 柳の下にいつも泥鰌はおらぬやなぎのしたにいつもどじょうはおらぬa fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest
- 柳の下に何時も泥鰌は居ないやなぎのしたにいつもどじょうはいないa fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest
- 柳の下に何時も泥鰌は居らぬやなぎのしたにいつもどじょうはおらぬa fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest
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