N5416/640

きたな

rarely used kanji formい adjectiveadjective (generic)

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Meanings

  • dirty, filthy, foul, unclean
  • disordered, messy, untidy, poor (e.g. handwriting)
  • indecent (language, etc.), dirty, vulgar, coarse
  • dastardly, mean, base, underhanded
  • stingy, greedy

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Example sentences

この部屋へやきたなです。

This room is dirty.

きたなから、あらってください。

Your hands are dirty, so please wash them.

かれきたなくてめない。

His handwriting is so messy that I can't read it.

そんなきたな言葉ことば使つかわないで。

Don't use such vulgar language.

トイレがきたなかったので、使つかいたくなかった。

The toilet was dirty, so I didn't want to use it.


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