Translation guide
Describes being thoroughly wet, drenched, or saturated with liquid. Covers physical states, metaphorical immersion, and related expressions.
To say that someone or something is completely wet, often from rain, water, or other liquid.
The most common and natural way to say 'soaked' for people, clothes, or objects. Emphasizes being wet through and through.
雨で服がびしょ濡れになった。
My clothes got soaked from the rain.
彼は汗でびしょ濡れだ。
He is soaked with sweat.
Similar to びしょ濡れ but often implies being soaked to the skin, sometimes with a nuance of being drenched heavily.
突然の大雨でずぶ濡れになった。
I got soaked by the sudden downpour.
Used for places or things that are flooded or covered with water, like a floor or room. Not typically used for people.
台所が水浸しだ。
The kitchen is soaked (flooded).
An onomatopoeic adverb meaning heavily soaked or drenched, often used with 濡れる. Slightly more emphatic or literary.
タオルがぐっしょり濡れている。
The towel is soaked through.
To describe something that has absorbed a liquid, like bread in soup or a sponge.
Transitive verb meaning to soak something in liquid. Often used in cooking or cleaning.
パンをミルクに浸す。
Soak the bread in milk.
Intransitive verb meaning to be soaked or immersed in liquid. Also used metaphorically.
To soak or pickle in a liquid, often for preservation or flavor (e.g., pickles, marinades).
To soak into, permeate. Describes liquid being absorbed deeply into a material.
To express being deeply involved in an atmosphere, emotion, or activity.
Used metaphorically to mean being immersed in an emotion or atmosphere, like nostalgia or happiness.
思い出に浸る。
To be soaked in memories.
Adverb meaning deeply immersed, often in a hobby, lifestyle, or liquid. Can be positive or negative.
While 濡れる (ぬれる) means 'to get wet,' it does not convey the intensity of 'soaked.' Use compounds like びしょ濡れ or adverbs like ぐっしょり to express being thoroughly wet.
浸す is general soaking in liquid, while 漬ける implies soaking for a purpose like pickling or marinating, often with salt, vinegar, or soy sauce.
The beans are soaking in water.
野菜を塩水に漬ける。
Soak vegetables in salt water.
The water soaked into the sponge.
彼はギャンブルにどっぷり浸かっている。
He is soaked in gambling.