濡れる
ぬれる
hepburn nureru
to get wet (intransitive)
Part of speech · ichidan-verb
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 急に雨が降って、服が濡れました。It suddenly rained and my clothes got wet.
- 濡れた手で機械にさわらないでください。Please do not touch the machine with wet hands.
Collocations
雨に濡れる服が濡れる濡れた手びしょびしょに濡れる濡れないように
Mnemonic
濡れる nureru — kanji 濡 (to get wet) + the ichidan ending れる. Intransitive: to get wet from rain or water on one's own, subject marked by が. What wets you takes に: 雨に濡れる. Its transitive partner is 濡らす (nurasu, to wet something). The past form modifies nouns: 濡れた手 (wet hands).
Quick check
Which correctly says "to get wet in the rain"?