Nouneta; group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system and whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)this impure world (as opposed to the pure land) · feces; faeces

Noundefiled body; unenlightened person's body

I-adjective (keiyoushi)dirty; filthy; foul; unclean · disordered; messy; untidy; poor (e.g. handwriting) · indecent (language, etc.); dirty; vulgar; coarse

Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verbto pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to make dirty; to stain · to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor; to defile

I-adjective (keiyoushi)dirty; filthy; foul; unclean · disordered; messy; untidy; poor (e.g. handwriting) · indecent (language, etc.); dirty; vulgar; coarse

Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verbto pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to make dirty; to stain · to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor; to defile

V2r S, Intransitive verbto be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained

Noununcleanness; impurity; defilement · disgrace; shame; stain; blot; corruption; depravity · uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)this impure world (as opposed to the pure land) · feces; faeces

Nounnight soil · muck; filth; dirt

Noununcleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.

Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Nounugly and filthy

Nounvarious impurities (illness, menstruation, death, etc.)