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cloudiness, turbidity, muddiness
The state of a liquid or substance being cloudy, murky, or not clear. Can also describe a dull or impure quality in sound, color, or air.
水に濁りがある。
The water has some cloudiness.
雨の後、川の濁りがなかなか取れない。
After the rain, the muddiness of the river wouldn't clear up.
彼の目には一点の濁りもなく、澄んだ光を宿していた。
His eyes held not a trace of cloudiness, shining with a clear light.
USAGE:
The noun form of the verb 濁る (to become cloudy/muddy). Used for liquids, air, sound, and figuratively for moral or spiritual impurity. Can also refer to the muddiness of tone in a voice or musical instrument.
In linguistics, 濁り refers to voicing (dakuten), as in the 濁り点 (゛) added to kana.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 水の濁り: cloudiness of water
- 濁りのない: clear, pure, unclouded
- 濁りが取れる: cloudiness clears
- 声の濁り: huskiness/roughness in one's voice