浸す・漬す|ひたすhitasu[0]heiban (flat)
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Which spelling to use
浸す浸す（ひたす） is the most common form and the one beginners should normally choose when writing or learning this word.
漬す漬す（ひたす） is a rarely used variant. You may encounter it, but choose 浸す（ひたす） instead when writing the word yourself.
Definitions
- godan verb, transitive verbto soak; to dip; to steep; to immerse
- godan verb, transitive verbto moisten; to wet
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 浸す（ひたす） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 浸します（ひたします） |
| Negative (nai) | 浸さない（ひたさない） |
| polite (masen) | 浸しません（ひたしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 浸さず・浸さぬ（ひたさず・ひたさぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 浸した（ひたした） |
| polite (mashita) | 浸しました（ひたしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 浸さなかった（ひたさなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 浸しませんでした（ひたしませんでした） |
| Te form | 浸して（ひたして） |
| Potential | 浸せる（ひたせる） |
| Passive | 浸される（ひたされる） |
| Causative | 浸させる（ひたさせる） |
| Causative passive | 浸させられる（ひたさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 浸せば（ひたせば） |
| tara | 浸したら（ひたしたら） |
| Volitional | 浸そう（ひたそう） |
| polite (mashou) | 浸しましょう（ひたしましょう） |
| Imperative | 浸せ（ひたせ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Transitive / intransitive pair
服が水に浸る
服を水に浸す
浸る highlights the state of being immersed or soaked (the subject undergoes the change), while 浸す focuses on the deliberate act of immersing something.
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Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym漬けるつけるNeutralTo soak or pickle, as in 「水に漬ける」「漬物を漬ける」. Leans toward leaving something sitting in liquid, while 「浸す」 stresses letting the liquid soak through.
- Related浸るひたるNeutralIntransitive: to be soaking in water or immersed in a feeling, as in 「思い出に浸る」. The subject is the one immersed, unlike transitive 「浸す」.
- Related浸かるつかるNeutralIntransitive: to get into water or be pickled until seasoned, as in 「お風呂に浸かる」. Leans toward the body sitting in the water.
- Related浸漬しんしWrittenWritten/formal term for soaking or steeping, found in fields like chemistry, food processing and dyeing; in everyday speech say 「浸す」.
- Antonym干すほすNeutralTo air or dry in the sun, the opposite of wetting with 「浸す」, as in 「洗濯物を干す」.
- Antonym乾かすかわかすNeutralTo dry something out, the opposite of soaking with 「浸す」, as in 「髪を乾かす」.
Use 「浸す」 to put something into liquid and let it soak through, as in 「布を水に浸す」. For soaking or pickling say 「漬ける」; for a person sitting in water 「浸かる」; for immersing oneself in a mood 「浸る」. The opposites are 「乾かす」 and 「干す」.
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