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濡らす (ぬらす) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

濡ぬらす

ぬ

ら

す

Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

wet; moisten; dampen; soak; dip

Transitive verb meaning to make something wet, either intentionally or accidentally. Covers a range from light dampening to thorough soaking.

タオルを水みずで濡ぬらす。
I wet the towel with water.

雨あめ

で

服ふく

を

濡ぬ

らし

て

しまっ

た

。

I got my clothes wet in the rain.

Written forms

濡ぬらすUsage73%
Standard kanji spelling with regular okurigana.
ぬらすUsage27%
濡ぬらすUsage<1%
irregular okurigana
Irregular okurigana variant; rarely used.

Kanji

濡get wet, damp, make love

Similar words

濡ぬれる
Intransitive counterpart: 濡れる means 'to get wet' (something becomes wet on its own), while 濡らす means 'to wet something' (someone makes something wet).
湿しめらす
湿らす also means 'to moisten' but often implies a lighter, more deliberate dampening, while 濡らす can range from light moistening to thorough soaking.

Etymology

Cognate with 濡れる (ぬれる, 'to get wet'). The transitive form 濡らす is derived from the same root with the causative/transitive suffix -す.