けがれ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
穢れ 汚れ 穢 (dated) 汚 (dated) 汚穢 (dated)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けがれ [kègáréꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) けがれ [kègáré] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ke̞ɡa̠ɾe̞]

Noun

けがれ • (kegare) ^{←けがれ (kegare)?}

1. uncleanliness (non-physical); (religion) defilement

See also

• 不浄(ふじょう) (fujō, “being unclean”)

Verb

けがれ • (kegare) ^{←けがれ (kegare)?}

1. imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of けがれる (kegareru) [ichidan]