濡れる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
濡
ぬ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぬれる [nùrérú] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [nɯ̟ɾe̞ɾɯ̟]

Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形)	濡れる	ぬれる	[nùrérú]
Imperative (命令形)	濡れろ	ぬれろ	[nùréró]
Key constructions
Passive	濡れられる	ぬれられる	[nùrérárérú]
Causative	濡れさせる	ぬれさせる	[nùrésásérú]
Potential	濡れられる	ぬれられる	[nùrérárérú]
Volitional	濡れよう	ぬれよー	[nùréyóꜜò]
Negative	濡れない	ぬれない	[nùrénáí]
Negative perfective	濡れなかった	ぬれなかった	[nùrénáꜜkàttà]
Formal	濡れます	ぬれます	[nùrémáꜜsù]
Perfective	濡れた	ぬれた	[nùrétá]
Conjunctive	濡れて	ぬれて	[nùrété]
Hypothetical conditional	濡れれば	ぬれれば	[nùréréꜜbà]

• Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「濡れる」

Verb

濡(ぬ)れる • (nureru) intransitive ichidan (stem 濡(ぬ)れ (nure), past 濡(ぬ)れた (nureta))

Japanese verb pair
active	濡らす
mediopassive	濡れる

1. get wet
2. (of a vagina) to become lubricated, especially by vaginal discharge as a result of sexual arousal

Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	濡れ	ぬれ	nure
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	濡れ	ぬれ	nure
Shūshikei ("terminal")	濡れる	ぬれる	nureru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	濡れる	ぬれる	nureru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	濡れれ	ぬれれ	nurere
Meireikei ("imperative")	濡れよ¹ 濡れろ²	ぬれよ¹ ぬれろ²	nureyo¹ nurero²
Key constructions
Passive	濡れられる	ぬれられる	nurerareru
Causative	濡れさせる 濡れさす	ぬれさせる ぬれさす	nuresaseru nuresasu
Potential	濡れられる 濡れれる³	ぬれられる ぬれれる³	nurerareru nurereru³
Volitional	濡れよう	ぬれよう	nureyō
Negative	濡れない 濡れぬ 濡れん	ぬれない ぬれぬ ぬれん	nurenai nurenu nuren
Negative continuative	濡れず	ぬれず	nurezu
Formal	濡れます	ぬれます	nuremasu
Perfective	濡れた	ぬれた	nureta
Conjunctive	濡れて	ぬれて	nurete
Hypothetical conditional	濡れれば	ぬれれば	nurereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

Conjugation of "濡れる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	濡れ	ぬれ	nure
Continuative (連用形)	濡れ	ぬれ	nure
Terminal (終止形)	濡る	ぬる	nuru
Attributive (連体形)	濡るる	ぬるる	nururu
Realis (已然形)	濡るれ	ぬるれ	nurure
Imperative (命令形)	濡れよ	ぬれよ	nureyo
Key constructions
Negative	濡れず	ぬれず	nurezu
Contrasting conjunction	濡るれど	ぬるれど	nururedo
Causal conjunction	濡るれば	ぬるれば	nurureba
Conditional conjunction	濡れば	ぬれば	nureba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	濡れき	ぬれき	nureki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	濡れけり	ぬれけり	nurekeri
Perfect tense (conscious action)	濡れつ	ぬれつ	nuretu
Perfect tense (natural event)	濡れぬ	ぬれぬ	nurenu
Perfect-continuative tense	濡れたり	ぬれたり	nuretari
Volitional	濡れむ	ぬれむ	nuremu

Classical conjugation of "濡る" (ラ行下二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

See also

• 湿(しめ)る (shimeru)
• 湿(しと)る (shitoru)

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
3. Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN