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汚い

きたないkitanaii-adjective

N52,471st most heard wordIn 75 of 4140 videos (2%)heard 138 timeslast on Oct 28, 2026

  1. dirty
  2. filthy
  3. foul

Across the 4,140 Japanese YouTube videos LingoDew uses to teach Japanese, 汚い is heard 138 times in 75 videos from 40 channels, the 2,471st most heard word. Unofficial JLPT word lists put it at N5.

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  1. 37:51で奥にちょっと今、ちょっと汚いところじゃないなこれ。And in the back, it's a bit, well, it's not a dirty place, this.道枝駿佑くんが5億円の家に遊びにきたのでオレの後輩にします。
  2. 13:55自分の周りは汚いです。My surroundings are dirty.How I became 5 times more productive | どうやって5倍プロダクティブになったか| Japanese Podcast Ep12
  3. 36:14基本、たまに汚いトイレもあるけど。Basically, though there are some dirty toilets sometimes.0から始める日本語会話【駅でなんて言う?】N5 | What Do You Say at a Japanese Station?
  4. 14:18なんか窓がちょっと汚いっていうか、すごい曇って見える。The window is kind of dirty, or rather, it looks really cloudy.【寝台列車】サンライズ出雲の完全個室に初めて乗車、憧れの旅になるはずが...
  5. 12:13これを購入してまあいろいろとこう電池を交換しているっていうところです。と、めっちゃボロくて汚いI bought these and have been replacing batteries in various cartridges. And, it's really worn out and dirty,【最近買ったモノ】iPhone 18 Pro / 変なガジェットたち / ルームツアームック本など

How it's said

Forms and phrases that come up again and again in the videos.

Forms you'll hear
汚く汚くて汚かった汚くない
Often heard with
汚い水12×汚いです11×部屋が汚い6×家が汚い4×汚い言葉4×

Words that come up in the same clips.

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