浸つかる

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.

• 肩かたまで湯ゆ船ぶねに浸つかった。

  I soaked in the bathtub up to my shoulders.

• 大おお雨あめで床ゆか下したまで水みずに浸つかった。

  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.

• きゅうりがいい具ぐ合あいに漬つかった。

  The cucumbers have pickled nicely.

• この大だい根こんはまだ浅あさくしか漬つかっていない。

  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.

• 彼かれは都と会かいの便べん利りさにどっぷり浸つかっている。

  He is completely immersed in the conveniences of city life.

• ぬるま湯ゆに浸つかっていると、成せい長ちょうの機き会かいを逃のがす。

  If you stay in a comfortable rut, you miss chances to grow.