ウェットwetto

1. na-adjective, nounwet; moist
2. na-adjectivesoft-hearted; tender-hearted; sentimental

• Related感傷的かんしょうてきWrittenDescribes someone prone to sentimentality; leans written/formal. 「ウェット」 also means physically wet, and in speech usually describes a soft-hearted, emotional person.
• RelatedセンチメンタルNeutralA loanword for being sentimental or easily moved to tears, as in 「センチメンタルな人」. 「ウェット」 stresses being soft-hearted and emotionally attached.
• Related浪花節的なにわぶしてきNeutralStresses duty and human feeling with an old-fashioned, tear-jerking flavor; carries more of that old-style human warmth than 「ウェット」.
• Related心情的しんじょうてきNeutralMeans based on feeling rather than reason, as in 「心情的には理解できる」; contrasts with rational judgment. 「ウェット」 describes a soft-hearted temperament.
• AntonymドライNeutralMeans dry, and for people, cool and unsentimental; it is the antonym of 「ウェット」 in both the physical and the emotional sense.

Use 「ウェット」 for a soft-hearted, emotionally attached person; its antonym is 「ドライ」. For someone sentimental or easily moved, say 「センチメンタル」; for old-fashioned devotion to duty and human bonds, 「浪花節的」.

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1. 濡ぬれているさま。湿しめっているさま。
2. 情じょうにもろいこと。また、そのようなさま。