# 濡れる
## Japanese

* Kanji in this term
* 濡
* ぬ Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ぬれる [nùrérú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [nɯ̟ɾe̞ɾɯ̟]
* Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「濡れる」
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] |

### 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 |
* get wet
* (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 ||||
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 |

#### See also

* 湿(しめ)る (shimeru)
* 湿(しと)る (shitoru)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ 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
* ↑ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN