noun:

• rice paddy with a thick layer of mud at the bottom; muddy rice field

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to bring disgrace (dishonor, dishonour) on; to fling mud at; to put to shame - idiom

noun:

• Japanese striped loach (Cobitis biwae)

noun:

• marl (unconsolidated lime-rich rock)

noun:

• in the mud or mire

noun:

• silt

adjective:

• miry; swampy; foundrous

noun:

• car thief

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• muddy

noun:

• making a living in the red-light district - four character idiom

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to do something stupid; to do something pointless; to hit a muddy rice field with a stick [literal] - obscure term - idiom

noun:

• Japanese eight-barbel loach (Lefua echigonia)

noun:

• spirogyra; algae forming pond scum

noun:

• mud volcano

noun:

• distemper painting - esp. どろえ ➜ 泥絵の具
• painting made with gold or silver paint (usu. on a dark background) - esp. でいえ ➜ 金銀泥絵

noun:

• ditch mud

noun:

• measure taken too late; measure taken in haste - abbreviation ➜ 泥棒を捕らえて縄を綯う

noun:

• gold paint

noun:

• scooping loaches; catching loach in a net
• loach-catching dance

noun / ~する noun:

• adhering to; being a stickler for; being particular about; worrying too much about

noun:

• Cobitis takatsuensis (species of loach)

noun:

• mud; bog

noun:

• saddle flap

noun:

• steamed bun shaped like a loach catcher ➜ どじょう掬い【どじょうすくい】

noun:

• muddy feet