dirt

IPA(Pronunciation)

/dɜːt/

Noun

US uncountable usually figuratively

(chiefly US) Soil or earth. / A stain or spot (on clothes etc); any foreign substance that worsens appearance. / Previously unknown facts, or the invented "facts", about a person.

Japanese Meaning

土、土壌、地面 / 汚れ、しみ、染み / 個人に関する隠された事実や不名誉な情報、スキャンダル

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He brushed the dirt from his boots before entering the house.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼は家に入る前にブーツについた土を落とした。

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Sense（1）

(chiefly US) Soil or earth.

Sense（2）

A stain or spot (on clothes etc); any foreign substance that worsens appearance.

Sense（3）

Previously unknown facts, or the invented "facts", about a person.

The reporter uncovered the dirt on the businessman by going undercover.

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Sense（4）

(figuratively) Meanness; sordidness.

honours […] thrown away upon dirt and infamy

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Sense（5）

(mining) In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing.

Sense（6）

freckles

I'm one of Charlie's Angels too, but I'm the one with the dirty face.

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dirts

（ plural ）

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