Meaning

Primary

To Make Muddy

Alternatives

To Make Cloudy, To Speak Ambiguously, To Speak Vaguely

Word Type

transitive verb, godan verb

Explanation

This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means muddy, so the verb version is to make muddy or to make cloudy.

Reading

にごす
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you:

If you want to make muddy, meaning make yourself muddy, you should have your knees go (にご) first. When you have your knees go first the mud splashes all over you but you don't hurt your hands or your butt doing it.

Context

Context Sentences

核心をついた質問に、社長は言葉を濁した。

At the heart of the problem, the company president was vague.

Kanji Composition