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.
Noun meaning 'dunk shot'. Often used to describe the action.
His dunk shot was amazing.
I dunked my little brother's head in the water.