ずぶぬれ

ずぶぬれ · zubunure · JLPT N1 · noun

soaked; dripping wet

💧 ずぶ (zubu: sound of sinking into water) + 濡れ (nure: wet) = soaked through

ずぶ is a mimetic word for sinking into water, as in ずぶずぶ. Joined to ぬれ, it intensifies the wetness to dripping wet.

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