JLPTN3泥★【どろ】noun / ~の noun:
- mud; slush; (wet) dirt; mire
noun:
- thief - abbreviation ➜ 泥棒
川は泥で濁っていた。 The river was cloudy with silt.
泥んこ【どろんこ】 Inflectionnoun:
adjectival noun:
子供たちは泥んこの中で遊んでいた。 The children were playing in the dirt.
マッドnoun:
noun or verb acting prenominally:
ぬかるみ・でいねい《泥濘》noun:
- quagmire; sludge; mud; slush; mire
ぬかるみに足を取られた。 I lost my balance on the muddy road.
JLPTN3土★【つち】地【つち・つし】noun:
- earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud
- the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land
- low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud) ➜ 鳥の子紙
- (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō) - also written as 犯土, 椎, 槌 ➜ 陰陽道
農家の人達は鋤で土を耕す。 Farmers turn up the soil with plows.
雨が降って土に湿り気があると草は取りやすくなる。 After it rains and the ground is damp, it's easier to pull weeds.
ぬたうつ Inflectiongodan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:
- to roll around in the grass or mud