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うるかす

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Meanings

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godan verb (-su), transitive verb

soak; steep; macerate

usually written using kana alone

Dialectal (Hokkaido, Tohoku) transitive verb meaning to soak something in liquid, often used for food preparation like soaking dried ingredients.

干ほし椎しい茸たけを水みずにうるかして戻もどす。
Soak dried shiitake mushrooms in water to rehydrate them.

豆まめを一ひと晩ばんうるかしておく。

Soak the beans overnight.

Kanji

潤wet, be watered, profit by

Similar words

浸ひたす
Standard Japanese verb for soaking; うるかす is a dialectal equivalent used in Hokkaido and Tohoku regions.
漬つける
Means to soak or pickle, often with a focus on preserving or flavoring; うるかす is more general for softening or rehydrating.

Etymology

Dialectal verb from Hokkaido and Tohoku regions; the exact derivation is uncertain, but it is related to the standard Japanese verb 潤す (うるおす, 'to moisten').