noun:

• kleptocracy

noun:

• kleptocrat

noun:

• colour wash; distemper; powdered paints or pigments

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to besmirch; to sully - idiom ➜ 顔に泥を塗る

noun:

• muddy road

noun:

• mud bath (at an onsen)

expression:

• two things that do not go well together; pairing kintsuba with loach soup [literal] - idiom ➜ 金鍔【きんつば】

adjectival noun / noun:

• muddy; mud-caked

noun:

• (volcanic) mud flow

noun:

• muddy shoes or boots

noun / ~の noun:

• last minute; eleventh hour ➜ 泥棒を捕らえて縄を綯う

noun:

• slurry; slip

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be covered with mud

noun:

• boat to transport mud
• (fictional) boat made of (dried) mud

noun / ~する noun:

• bogging down; dragging on; turning into a quagmire; becoming mired in a mess

noun:

• professional thievery - four character idiom

noun:

• mud image

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to fess up; to come clean; to confess one's crimes; to spill the beans

noun:

• gluttonous goby (Chasmichthys gulosus)

expression:

• starting something in the eleventh hour; have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain; don't lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen; braiding the rope only after the thief is caught - proverb ➜ 泥縄【どろなわ】・泥縄式【どろなわしき】

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be muddy; to be slushy

expression:

• throwing good money after bad - idiom

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be muddy; to be slushy

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to sleep like a log; to sleep like a baby - idiom

noun:

• plastering trowel