だらけ

Completely covered in, Full of

この公園こうえんはゴミだらけだからこどもを連つれて来きたくない。

This park is covered in garbage, so I don't want to bring my kids here.

Explanation

「だらけ」 follows a noun and means 'covered in' or 'full of': lots of something bad, dirty or messy, spread thickly over a surface or a whole space. The speaker feels disgust or complaint: 「泥だらけの靴」 (muddy shoes, covered in mud); 「傷だらけの体」 (a body covered in wounds); 「間違いだらけの宿題」 (homework full of mistakes). It is normally not used for good things.

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「だらけ」: a surface or area full of bad things (mud, rubbish, wounds, mistakes). 「まみれ」: body or surface smeared with sticky, powdery or liquid dirt (blood, sweat, mud, dust). 「ずくめ」: good things one after another, or all in one thing (「黒ずくめ」 all in black). 「っぽい」: has a tendency or character.

You cannot say 「×お金だらけ」 or 「×幸せだらけ」. It must be something bad or unclean.

Examples

泥どろだらけの服ふくを洗濯機せんたっきにいれないで！
Don't put mud-covered shirts in the washing machine!
パンケーキの裏側うらがわが穴あなだらけで気持きもち悪わるい。
The underside of this pancake is covered in holes so it is gross.
床ゆかが泥どろだらけになった。
The floor became covered in dirt.
傷きずだらけの車くるまに乗のっているのを見みられたくないからいつも妻つまの車くるまに乗のってる。
I don't want someone to see me drive a car covered in scratches, so I always drive my wife's car.
汗あせだらけでもかまわない。
I don't mind being covered in sweat.
あの壁かべはいつも落書らくがきだらけだ。
That wall is always covered with graffiti.
欠点けってんだらけの人ひとはいない。
No one is completely full of faults.
あの人ひとの話はなしは矛盾むじゅんだらけだ。
That person's stories are full of contradictions.
あの土地とち、知しらないうちに雑草ざっそうだらけになってしまった。
Before I knew it, that land had been completely overgrown with weeds.
せっかく海うみに来きたのに、ビーチがゴミだらけだ。
I took the trouble to come to the ocean, and yet I found the beach completely covered in trash.
初はじめての仕事しごとだから、不安ふあんだらけですよ。
This is my first job, so I am filled with anxiety.
先週せんしゅう、事故じこがあって、血ちだらけの現場げんばを見みてしまった。今いまも夜よる、寝付ねつきが悪わるい。
There was an accident last week where I witnessed a blood-covered scene. Now, I still have difficulties falling asleep.
相撲すもうの稽古けいこがきつすぎて、全身ぜんしん傷きずだらけですよ。
My sumo training is too rough, and I have scars completely covering my body.
歯医者はいしゃに行いったら、「虫歯むしばだらけだ」と言いわれてしまいました。
I went to the dentist, and I was told that my teeth are 'full of cavities'.
君きみの文章ぶんしょうは間違まちがいだらけ。書かき直なおした方ほうがいいよ。
Your passage is full of mistakes. It would be better to rewrite it.
血ちだらけのシャツをクリーニングに出だした。
I took my blood-covered shirt to the dry cleaner.

Explanation

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You cannot say 「×お金だらけ」 or 「×幸せだらけ」. It must be something bad or unclean.

Examples

泥どろだらけの服ふくを洗濯機せんたっきにいれないで！
Don't put mud-covered shirts in the washing machine!
パンケーキの裏側うらがわが穴あなだらけで気持きもち悪わるい。
The underside of this pancake is covered in holes so it is gross.
床ゆかが泥どろだらけになった。
The floor became covered in dirt.
傷きずだらけの車くるまに乗のっているのを見みられたくないからいつも妻つまの車くるまに乗のってる。
I don't want someone to see me drive a car covered in scratches, so I always drive my wife's car.
汗あせだらけでもかまわない。
I don't mind being covered in sweat.
あの壁かべはいつも落書らくがきだらけだ。
That wall is always covered with graffiti.
欠点けってんだらけの人ひとはいない。
No one is completely full of faults.
あの人ひとの話はなしは矛盾むじゅんだらけだ。
That person's stories are full of contradictions.
あの土地とち、知しらないうちに雑草ざっそうだらけになってしまった。
Before I knew it, that land had been completely overgrown with weeds.
せっかく海うみに来きたのに、ビーチがゴミだらけだ。
I took the trouble to come to the ocean, and yet I found the beach completely covered in trash.
初はじめての仕事しごとだから、不安ふあんだらけですよ。
This is my first job, so I am filled with anxiety.
先週せんしゅう、事故じこがあって、血ちだらけの現場げんばを見みてしまった。今いまも夜よる、寝付ねつきが悪わるい。
There was an accident last week where I witnessed a blood-covered scene. Now, I still have difficulties falling asleep.
相撲すもうの稽古けいこがきつすぎて、全身ぜんしん傷きずだらけですよ。
My sumo training is too rough, and I have scars completely covering my body.
歯医者はいしゃに行いったら、「虫歯むしばだらけだ」と言いわれてしまいました。
I went to the dentist, and I was told that my teeth are 'full of cavities'.
君きみの文章ぶんしょうは間違まちがいだらけ。書かき直なおした方ほうがいいよ。
Your passage is full of mistakes. It would be better to rewrite it.
血ちだらけのシャツをクリーニングに出だした。
I took my blood-covered shirt to the dry cleaner.

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