けがす
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
1. to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to make dirty; to stain
Don't get that handkerchief dirty!
2. to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor; to defile
esp. けがす
But don't do anything that would taint the match.
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (7 in total)
to ruin one's reputation in later life; to tarnish one's twilight years
to shame the name (of); to blot the reputation (of)
to ruin one's reputation in later life; to tarnish one's twilight years
Examples (14 in total)
I'm sorry if I got it dirty.
I'm sorry for making the room dirty.
Don't get that handkerchief dirty!
I can't bring shame on the family name.
Tom got his pants dirty.
Some factories pollute the environment.
You mustn't disgrace the school's good name.
But don't do anything that would taint the match.
He blotted his shirt with ink spots.
The book has to go back later, so don't go getting it dirty, okay?
Factory waste sometimes pollutes our rivers.
I also bought something like a sheet so that I wouldn't dirty the room.
After the pictures were revealed, the actress' clean image was tainted.
He soiled his white shirt when he changed the ink cartridge.