Translation guide
How to express the action of dunking something, especially food into a liquid, in Japanese.
To dip or submerge food briefly into a drink or sauce before eating.
dunk a cookie in milk · dunk bread in soup
General verb meaning 'to soak' or 'to dip'. Commonly used for dunking food into liquid.
I dunk bread in coffee and eat it.
Very common verb meaning 'to dip' or 'to attach'. Often used for dipping food into sauce.
I dunk a donut in milk.
Means 'to dip briefly', emphasizing a quick dunk.
I briefly dunk a cookie in tea.
To score by jumping and putting the ball directly through the hoop.
To push a person or object under water, often in a playful or aggressive manner.
Both mean 'to dip', but 浸す often implies soaking for a longer time or submerging completely, while つける is more general and can mean just touching the surface. For quick dunking, ちょっと浸す or つける are natural.
His dunk shot was amazing.