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N2 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb

(にご)to become muddy, to become cloudy, to get impure (of a liquid, gas, etc.), to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.), to become hoarse, to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.), to be corrupted, to be polluted, to become voiced, to add voiced consonant marks

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    1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb

      1.

      to become muddy, to become cloudy, to become turbid, to become impure (of a liquid or gas)

    2. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb

      2.

      to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.), to become indistinct, to become fuzzy, to become hoarse

    3. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb

      3.

      to become impure (of one's heart, a society, etc.), to be corrupted, to be polluted

    4. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb

      4.

      to become voiced (of a consonant), to be pronounced as a voiced sound

    All Forms

    濁る 【にごる】

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    Examples

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      工場(こうじょう)からの排水(はいすい)(かわ)(みず)(にご)

      The river water becomes polluted due to the wastewater from the factory.

      • N2

      風邪(かぜ)()いた。(にご)った(こえ)になってしまった。

      I caught a cold. My voice has become hoarse.

      • N2

      (くるま)やトラックからのガスで空気(くうき)(にご)っています。

      The air is polluted with gas from cars and trucks.

      • N2

      この()には濁点(だくてん)がついているので、(にご)って()むと(かんが)えられます。

      This character has a voicing mark, so it is considered to be read as a voiced sound.

      • N2

      (にご)っている部屋(へや)空気(くうき)綺麗(きれい)にするために、空気(くうき)清浄(せいじょう)()()いました。

      I bought an air purifier to clean the cloudy air in my room.

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