- 汚い【きたない】 - dirty, filthy, foul, unclean, disordered, messy, untidy, poor (e.g. handwriting), indecent (language, etc.), dirty, vulgar, coarse, dastardly, mean, base, underhanded, stingy, greedy 
- 汚れる【よごれる】 - to get dirty, to become dirty, to become sullied, to become corrupted, to lose one's chastity 
- 汚す【よごす】 - to pollute, to contaminate, to soil, to make dirty, to stain, to disgrace, to dishonour, to dishonor, to defile 
- 汚れる【けがれる】 - to be violated, to be corrupted, to be polluted, to be stained 
- 汚染【おせん】 - pollution, contamination 
- 汚れ【よごれ】 - dirt, filth, stain, blot, spot 
- 汚職【おしょく】 - corruption 
- 汚れ【けがれ】 - uncleanness, impurity, defilement, disgrace, shame, stain, blot, corruption, depravity, uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc. 
- 汚点【おてん】 - stain, blot, flaw, disgrace 
- 汚物【おぶつ】 - filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine), muck, waste, garbage, dirt, dust 
- 汚名【おめい】 - bad name, bad reputation, disgrace, dishonour, dishonor, stigma, infamy 
- 汚濁【おだく】 - pollution, contamination, corruption, graft 
- 汚水【おすい】 - filthy water, sewage 
- 汚泥【おでい】 - sludge, slime, dregs, mire, hopeless situation, hell, despair 
- 汚れ役【よごれやく】 - role of a villain (film, drama, etc.), bad-guy role, social outcast role