濡れる

ぬれる

To get wet, become damp

N4verb·nureru

How to remember it

濡 (wet) + れる; the intransitive verb, the thing becomes wet.

Example sentences

  • 雨で服が濡れた。

    あめでふくがぬれた。

    My clothes got wet in the rain.

  • 手が濡れているよ。

    てがぬれているよ。

    Your hands are wet.

Usage

Intransitive; use 濡らす when someone deliberately wets a thing.

Related words

濡らす乾く濡れる

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