To Make Dirty
To Make Something Dirty
transitive verb, godan verb
汚れる is "to get dirty." This is when you make something dirty, aka "to make dirty." You know that this is the version where you make things dirty yourself because when you make someone dirty with all that poop you're flinging, they sue (す) you immediately. This happens a lot.
The reading comes from 汚れる, so if you know that you can read this.
Note that the reading よごす is generally used for making things physically dirty, whereas けがす means making someone or something impure in a figurative way.
海を汚す
to pollute the sea
水を汚す
to make the water dirty
手を汚す
to dirty one's hands
綺麗なスタイが無くなっちゃった。うちの赤ちゃんが全部汚しちゃって。
We are out of clean bibs. Our baby boy got them all dirty.
アイツは自分では決して手を汚さない、ずるい男だ。
He is a cunning man who never dirties his hands.
ひどい！許せません。神聖な場所を汚された気分です。
Terrible!!! I cannot tolerate it. It feels like a sacred place has been defiled.