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03-28-2010, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by pacerier View Post
anyway i was wondering if 汚い is an ok adjective to describe both “a foul-mouth” (汚い口) and/or “a dirty mind” (汚い脳), or are there better ways to express those meanings ?
汚い口 doesn't mean "a foul mouth". It just means "an unclean mouth or lips" covered by things like chocolate, gravy, mayo, etc.

口が汚い can mean "foul-mouthed". A big difference between the two.

We don't say 汚い脳 to mean anything. To mean "dirty mind", you can say みだらな心.  
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