びしょ濡ぬれ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

soaking wet; drenched; soaked

Describes someone or something thoroughly wet, often from rain or being splashed. Used as a no-adjective or noun.

急きゅうな雨あめで服ふくがびしょ濡ぬれになった。
My clothes got soaking wet from the sudden rain.
びしょ濡ぬれの犬いぬをタオルで拭ふいた。
I dried the drenched dog with a towel.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉でびしょ濡ぬれになるto get soaked from/by something (e.g. rain, sweat)
急きゅうな雨あめでびしょ濡ぬれになった。
I got soaked by the sudden rain.
びしょ濡ぬれの〈物もの〉a soaking wet ~
びしょ濡ぬれの服ふくを脱ぬいで着き替がえた。
I took off my soaking wet clothes and changed.
〈人ひと〉がびしょ濡ぬれになるfor someone to get drenched
傘かさを忘わすれて、彼かれはびしょ濡ぬれになった。
He forgot his umbrella and got drenched.

Kanji

濡get wet, damp, make love

Related words

ずぶ濡ぬれN1
ずぶ濡れ emphasizes being soaked through to the skin, while びしょ濡れ can describe a slightly less extreme or more casual level of wetness.
水みず浸びたし
びしょ濡れ usually describes a person or their clothes being drenched, while 水浸し typically describes a room, floor, or area being flooded with water.

Opposites

乾かん燥そうN3
乾燥 describes dryness, the opposite state to びしょ濡れ, which describes being soaking wet.

Don't confuse with

濡ぬれるN4
濡れる is the verb meaning 'to get wet', while びしょ濡れ is a no-adjective/noun describing the resulting soaked state, so they can't be swapped grammatically.

Written forms

びしょ濡ぬれUsage71%
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling; the びしょ part is usually written in kana.
びしょぬれUsage29%
All-kana spelling is common in casual writing.

Etymology

The prefix びしょ- is an onomatopoeic element suggesting splashing or wetness, combined with 濡れ (from 濡れる, 'to get wet'). The exact origin of びしょ is uncertain, but it is used in several mimetic words related to wetness.