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汚す

to pollute; to contaminate, to sully; to tarnish

verb · present tense Rare #31,898
to pollute; to contaminate To make something dirty or impure by adding something to it.
JA: タバコの煙は部屋の空気を汚す。
EN: Cigarette smoke pollutes the air in the room.

いくつかの工場は環境を汚す。

Some factories pollute the environment.

だが 汚すんじゃないぞ

But don't get it dirty.

— es［エス］ (2001)

普通は鉄を汚すって

They say it usually tarnishes iron.

— もののけ姫 (1997)

汚すなよ

Don't make a mess.

— ライフ・イズ・ビューティフル (1997)

汚すのは惜しい

It’d be a shame to get it dirty.

— ダイ・ハード (1988)

verb · present tense Rare #39,607
to sully; to tarnish Used figuratively for damaging someone’s honor or purity; 手を汚す means to get involved in a shameful or wrongful act.
JA: あんな行動は彼の体面を汚すものだ。
EN: That kind of behavior would tarnish his reputation.

母さんを汚すな！

Don't sully Mom!

— 君たちはどう生きるか (2023)

自分の手を汚すようなことだけはごめんだ。

I refuse to get my hands dirty.