What does 濁る mean?
濁る is a Japanese verb meaning “to become muddy” or “to get cloudy” in English. It can also be translated as “to become voiced (of a consonant)” depending on context. It is written as 濁る in kanji, にごる in hiragana, and nigoru in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.
Example sentence
川は泥で濁っていた。
The river was cloudy with silt.
Conjugation of 濁る
| Affirmative | Negative | |
|---|---|---|
| Plain | 濁るにごる | 濁らないにごらない |
| Plain past | 濁ったにごった | 濁らなかったにごらなかった |
| Polite | 濁りますにごります | 濁りませんにごりません |
| Polite past | 濁りましたにごりました | 濁りませんでしたにごりませんでした |
Other forms
Te-form濁ってにごって
Potential濁れるにごれる
Passive濁られるにごられる
Volitional濁ろうにごろう
Causative濁らせるにごらせる
Conditional濁ればにごれば
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Transitive partner
濁る (it happens by itself)·濁す (someone does it)
濁る describes something happening by itself. 濁す describes someone doing it to something. Japanese keeps these apart where English often uses one verb for both.