Compare: 塵 vs 塵

じん

defilement; impurity; affliction

ちり

dust

じん
N3Noun

defilement; impurity; affliction

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片目(かため)にごみが(はいる)った。

Dust got into one of my eyes.

ここにゴミ捨てるべからず。

No dumping rubbish here!

ちり
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(ちり)も積もれば(やま)となる。

Many a little makes a mickle.

1年が(すぎる)ぎ、(かれ)の死体は(ちり)と化した。

A year had passed by and his body turned to dust.