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びしょ濡れ (びしょぬれ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

びしょ濡ぬれ

び

しょ

ぬ

れ

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

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.

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.

Kanji

濡get wet, damp, make love

Similar words

ずぶ濡ぬれ
Also means 'soaking wet', but ずぶ濡れ often implies being wet through to the skin or completely soaked, while びしょ濡れ can be slightly less intense or more casual.
濡ぬれる
The verb 'to get wet'; びしょ濡れ is a noun/adjective describing the resulting state.

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.