浸かる・漬かる|つかるtsukaru[0]heiban (flat)
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Which spelling to use
浸かる浸かる is the more common written form and the recommended default for beginners; use it for the meanings covered by this entry.
漬かる漬かる is less common than 浸かる and appears as an alternative written form; beginners should prefer 浸かる when choosing which form to use.
Definitions
- godan verb, intransitive verbto be submerged; to be soaked
- godan verb, intransitive verbto be pickled; to be well seasonedesp. 漬かる
- godan verb, intransitive verbto be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 浸かる（つかる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 浸かります（つかります） |
| Negative (nai) | 浸からない（つからない） |
| polite (masen) | 浸かりません（つかりません） |
| classical zu / nu | 浸からず・浸からぬ（つからず・つからぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 浸かった（つかった） |
| polite (mashita) | 浸かりました（つかりました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 浸からなかった（つからなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 浸かりませんでした（つかりませんでした） |
| Te form | 浸かって（つかって） |
| Potential | 浸かれる（つかれる） |
| Passive | 浸かられる（つかられる） |
| Causative | 浸からせる（つからせる） |
| Causative passive | 浸からせられる・浸からされる（つからせられる・つからされる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 浸かれば（つかれば） |
| tara | 浸かったら（つかったら） |
| Volitional | 浸かろう（つかろう） |
| polite (mashou) | 浸かりましょう（つかりましょう） |
| Imperative | 浸かれ（つかれ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Transitive / intransitive pair
湯に浸かる
足を浸ける
浸かる is intransitive and presents soaking as something the subject undergoes, as in 湯に浸かる. 漬ける is transitive and presents soaking as an action directed at an object, as in 足を浸ける.
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Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym浸るひたるNeutralAlso intransitive soaking, but extends figuratively to immersing yourself in memories or joy, as in 「思い出に浸る」; leans literary.
- Related漬けるつけるNeutralTransitive: you soak or pickle something in liquid. 「浸かる」 is intransitive — its subject is what sits in the liquid, be it a person in a bath or vegetables in brine.
- Related浸すひたすNeutralTransitive: to dip or soak something in liquid. 「浸かる」 is intransitive, as in 「お湯に浸かる」.
- Related水漬くみづくWrittenLiterary word for being soaked through and drenched with water; rare even in written prose and mostly archaic.
- Related浸漬しんしWrittenWritten, technical term for dipping or soaking; found in formal or specialist prose, not everyday speech.
- Antonym上がるあがるNeutralAntonym: getting out of the water or up onto land, the opposite of being soaked in 「浸かる」.
「浸かる」: soaking in a bath or hot spring, or pickles becoming seasoned, as in 「湯船に浸かる」. To put something into liquid, use 「浸す」 or 「漬ける」; for basking in memories or joy, 「浸る」; 「浸漬」 is a written, technical term; 「水漬く」 is archaic; 「上がる」 is getting out of the water.
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Japanese definitions
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