Translation guide
The act of making something impure or inferior by adding foreign or inferior substances. In Japanese, this is expressed through specific verbs and nouns depending on the context, such as food, products, or abstract things.
To express the act of making something impure or inferior by adding other substances, in a general sense.
Noun meaning 'adulteration' or 'mixture with impurities'. Commonly used for food or products.
このワインは混ぜ物が入っている。
This wine has been adulterated.
Formal noun phrase meaning 'mixing in of impurities'. Used in technical or official contexts.
製品に不純物混入があった。
There was adulteration of the product.
Rare, formal term for adulteration, often used in legal or chemical contexts.
食品偽和は法律で禁止されている。
Food adulteration is prohibited by law.
Specifically for adding inferior or harmful substances to food or beverages.
Verb meaning 'to water down' or 'to dilute', often used for adulterating drinks or inflating numbers.
彼は酒を水増しして売っていた。
He was selling adulterated alcohol by watering it down.
Phrase meaning 'to mix in foreign matter'. Used for contamination or adulteration in food/products.
工場で異物を混入した食品が回収された。
Food adulterated with foreign matter at the factory was recalled.
General verb 'to mix'. Can imply adulteration when context indicates adding inferior substances.
To express adulteration as a fraudulent act, often for financial gain.
Verb meaning 'to disguise' or 'to misrepresent'. Used for fraudulent adulteration, like mislabeling.
産地を偽装した食品が問題になった。
Food with adulterated origin labels became a problem.
Verb meaning 'to deceive' or 'to cheat'. Can be used for adulterating by substituting inferior ingredients.
材料をごまかしてコストを下げた。
They adulterated the ingredients to cut costs.
For metaphorical use, such as corrupting ideas, language, or principles.
Verb meaning 'to contaminate' or 'to pollute'. Used metaphorically for corrupting purity.
外来語が日本語を汚染しているという意見がある。
Some argue that loanwords are adulterating the Japanese language.
Verb meaning 'to corrupt' or 'to degrade'. Used for moral or cultural adulteration.
その思想は若者を堕落させる。
That ideology adulterates the youth.
The English word 'adulteration' is not commonly used in everyday conversation. In Japanese, it's more natural to use specific verbs like 混ぜる (to mix) or 水増しする (to water down) depending on the context, rather than a direct noun equivalent.
He was adulterating the coffee with cheap beans.