- to rot; to go bad; to decay; to spoil; to fester; to decompose; to turn sour (e.g. milk)
- to corrode; to weather; to crumble
- to become useless; to blunt; to weaken (from lack of practice)
- to become depraved; to be degenerate; to be morally bankrupt; to be corrupt
- to be depressed; to be dispirited; to feel discouraged; to feel downsee also
- to have the audacity to; to be bastard enough toword usually written using kana aloneafter the -masu stem of a verb; indicates scorn or disdain for another's actionKansai-ben dialectsee also
- to lose a betarchaism
- to be drenched; to become sopping wetarchaism
Godan verb with 'ru' ending; intransitive verb
auxiliary verb; Godan verb with 'ru' ending
Godan verb with 'ru' ending; intransitive verb
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A dead deer being pecked by vultures, remains partly eaten by other animals, that sort of rotten meat is called 'carrion'.
It's hot, so you'd better head back quickly. Mackerel goes off so fast that they coined 'fresh-looking rotten fish'.