漬づけ

suffix

pickled in; preserved in; dipped in

Attaches to a noun to mean something pickled or preserved in that substance. Common in food names like ぬか漬け (rice-bran pickles) or 味噌漬け (miso pickles).

• ぬか漬づけは日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな漬つけ物ものです。

  Nukazuke is a traditional Japanese pickle.

• この味み噌そ漬づけの魚さかなはご飯はんによく合あう。

  This miso-pickled fish goes well with rice.

suffix

overreliance on; addiction to; immersion in

Figurative use: being steeped in or overly dependent on something, often with a negative connotation. Common in compounds like 薬漬け (drug dependence) or 仕事漬け (being buried in work).

See also: 薬漬け

• 彼かれは薬くすり漬づけの生せい活かつから抜ぬけ出だせない。

  He can't escape a life of drug dependence.

• 最さい近きんは仕し事ごと漬づけで、趣しゅ味みの時じ間かんが全ぜん然ぜんない。

  Lately I'm buried in work and have no time for hobbies.