How to say "drenched" in Japanese

• びしょびしょCommon
  no-adjective, na-adjectiveCovers the sopping, soaked sense of 'drenched', typically of a person or clothing after heavy rain. As a mimetic word it paints the dripping state vividly and can describe it directly.
  川下かわくだりでびしょびしょになった。↗

  I got soaked boating downriver.
• びっしょりJLPT N1approx.Common
  na-adjective, adverbMatches 'drenched' in the sense of being wet through, again for people or things caught by rain or water. The mimetic adverb describes how thoroughly wet something has become.
  彼女かのじょの顔かおは汗あせでびっしょりだった。↗

  Her face was drenched with sweat.
• びしょ濡れびしょぬれCommon
  no-adjectiveA noun-style expression meaning sopping, dripping wet or drenched, most naturally of people or garments soaked through, as by a downpour. It states the soaked condition itself rather than modifying a verb.
  私わたしたちは夕立ゆうだちにあって、びしょ濡ぬれになった。↗

  We were drenched in the shower.

Use 「びしょ濡れ」 for a person or thing left soaked through, and the mimetic adverbs 「びしょびしょ」 and 「びっしょり」 to describe the state vividly: 「びしょびしょ」 suggests sopping, 「びっしょり」 wet through.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• びしょびしょsoaked
• びっしょりwet through
• びしょ濡れびしょぬれsopping wet
• びたびたdrenched
• ずぶ濡れずぶぬれdripping wet
• ぐしゃぐしゃsoggy
• びしゃびしゃsoaked
• ぐじゃぐじゃsoggy
• ぐっしょりsoaking (wet)
• ぐしょ濡れぐしょぬれsopping wet
• ずぶずぶdrenched