ichidan verb, intransitive verb
get wet; become wet
Intransitive verb describing something becoming wet from rain, water, tears, etc. The transitive counterpart is 濡らす (ぬらす).
雨で服が濡れてしまった。
My clothes got wet from the rain.
涙で頬が濡れた。
My cheeks became wet with tears.
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency word.
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the kanji is not needed.
Derived from the classical verb 濡る (ぬる), which had the same meaning. The modern form 濡れる developed from the classical intransitive/passive form.