浸かる · godan verb (-ru)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 浸かる | 浸からない |
| Polite | 浸かります | 浸かりません |
| Past polite | 浸かりました | 浸かりませんでした |
| Past | 浸かった | 浸からなかった |
| Te-form | 浸かって | 浸からないで |
| Desire | 浸かりたい | 浸かりたくない |
| Potential | 浸かれる | 浸かれない |
| Passive | 浸かられる | 浸かられない |
| Causative | 浸からせる | 浸からせない |
| Causative passive | 浸からせられるalso 浸からされる | 浸からせられないalso 浸からされない |
| Volitional | 浸かろう | |
| Polite volitional | 浸かりましょう | |
| Imperative | 浸かれ | 浸かるな |
| Conditional | 浸かれば | 浸からなければ |
| Tara conditional | 浸かったら | 浸からなかったら |
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
be submerged; be soaked; soak in
Only when written 浸かる
Intransitive: the subject is in liquid or covered by liquid. Common with water, baths, floods, and items soaking in water.
I soaked in the bathtub up to my shoulders.
Because of the heavy rain, the water rose high enough to submerge the area under the floor.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
be pickled; be well seasoned
Only when written 漬かる
Used especially of pickles or marinated foods after salt, vinegar, miso, sauce, or other seasoning has penetrated them. The spelling 漬かる is the normal kanji for this sense.
The cucumbers have pickled nicely.
This daikon is only lightly pickled so far.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
be immersed in; be steeped in; be absorbed in a condition
Only when written 浸かる
Figurative use for being deeply caught up in a state, lifestyle, or environment, often with どっぷり or in the set metaphor ぬるま湯に浸かる.
He is completely immersed in the conveniences of city life.
If you stay in a comfortable rut, you miss chances to grow.
I soak leisurely in the bath.
He is completely mired in a comfortable, complacent life.
The daikon has soaked up the pickling liquid nicely.