膿うみ

noun

pus

Refers to the thick yellowish or greenish liquid produced in infected tissue. Common in medical and everyday contexts.

• 傷きず口ぐちから膿うみが出でている。

  Pus is coming out of the wound.

• 膿うみを出だすために切せっ開かいした。

  They made an incision to drain the pus.

noun

corruption; rot; evils

Only with reading うみ

Figurative use, limited to the reading うみ. Describes moral decay, hidden evils, or deep-seated corruption in a system or society. Often used in fixed expressions like 膿を出す (to bring hidden problems to light).

• 組そ織しきの膿うみを出だし切きらなければ改かい革かくは進すすまない。

  We must root out all the corruption in the organization before reform can proceed.