muddiness or cloudiness (the condition of a liquid or surface losing clarity and becoming turbid).
雨で川に濁りが入っている。
The river is muddy because of the rain.
ガラスに濁りがあって外がよく見えない。
There is cloudiness on the glass and you can't see outside well.
池に濁りがあるので水遊びは控えてください。
There is turbidity in the pond, so please refrain from playing in the water.
impurity or moral/spiritual unclearness (metaphorical: stains or taints of the heart/world).
心の濁りを取り除くために座禅をする。
I practice zazen to remove the impurities of the heart.
不正が明るみに出て社会の濁りが問題になった。
When wrongdoing came to light, society's impurities became a problem.
the addition of the dakuten (voicing mark) in Japanese phonetics, or the resulting voiced sound (e.g., か → が).
『か』に濁りが付くと『が』になる。
When dakuten are added to 'ka', it becomes 'ga'.
abbr. for nigorizake (cloudy/unnfiltered sake); unrefined sake with visible sediment or cloudiness.
冬になると濁りがよく出回る。
Cloudy sake is commonly available in winter.