けがす – Vocabulary details

けがす

Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)

1. to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to make dirty; to stain

そのハンカチを汚よごさないで！Don't get that handkerchief dirty!

2. to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor; to defile

esp. けがす

だが勝しょう負ぶを汚けがすような真ま似ねはすんな。But don't do anything that would taint the match.

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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

もしけがしちゃってたら、ごめんな。

I'm sorry if I got it dirty.

部へ屋やをけがしてすまない。

I'm sorry for making the room dirty.

そのハンカチをけがさないで！

Don't get that handkerchief dirty!

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