汚れる
よごれる
to become dirty
Yogoreru (汚れる) is an ichidan verb meaning "to become dirty". Its polite form is 汚れます (yogoremasu), its te form is 汚れて (yogorete), its past form is 汚れた (yogoreta), and its negative form is 汚れない (yogorenai).
Ichidan verbJLPT N4
Yogoreru (汚れる) conjugation quick reference
汚れる means "to become dirty". Its main forms are listed below, with links to the grammar pattern behind each form.
Yogoreru example sentences
シャツが汚れました。
My shirt got dirty.
靴はまだ汚れていません。
My shoes are not dirty yet.
子どもはすぐに服が汚れます。
Children’s clothes get dirty quickly.
How to use Yogoreru: grammar notes
•汚れる means "to become dirty," so the thing that gets dirty is the subject and usually comes before the verb with the が particle (e.g., シャツが汚れた = The shirt got dirty).
•Don't use を with 汚れる—it's not something you do to something, but something that happens to it.
•To say where something got dirty, you can use the で particle (e.g., 公園で服が汚れた = My clothes got dirty at the park).
•JLPT N4 level
Common phrases with Yogoreru
手が汚れる（てがよごれる）
My hands get dirty
服が汚れる（ふくがよごれる）
My clothes get dirty
汚れたままでいる（よごれたままでいる）
To stay dirty / remain unclean
Yogoreru (汚れる) conjugation table
| Form | Japanese | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Forms | ||
| Dictionary Form | 汚れる | yogoreru |
| Masu Form | 汚れます | yogoremasu |
| Te Form | 汚れて | yogorete |
| Past Form | 汚れた | yogoreta |
| Negative Form | 汚れない | yogorenai |
| Past Negative | 汚れなかった | yogorenakatta |
| Polite Forms | ||
| Polite Present | 汚れます | yogoremasu |
| Polite Past | 汚れました | yogoremashita |
| Polite Negative | 汚れません | yogoremasen |
| Polite Past Negative | 汚れませんでした | yogoremasendeshita |
| Advanced Forms | ||
| Potential Form | 汚れられる | yogorerareru |
| Passive Form | 汚れられる | yogorerareru |
| Causative Form | 汚れさせる | yogoresaseru |
| Causative Passive | 汚れさせられる | yogoresaserareru |
| Volitional Form | 汚れよう | yogoreyou |
| Imperative Form | 汚れろ | yogorero |
| Conditional Forms | ||
| Conditional (ば) | 汚れれば | yogorereba |
| Conditional (たら) | 汚れたら | yogoretara |
| Other Forms | ||
| Progressive Form | 汚れている | yogoreteiru |
| Desire (たい) | 汚れたい | yogoretai |
| Prohibition | 汚れるな | yogoreruna |