濡れます（ぬれます、nuremasu）
- to get wet

The Japanese word 濡れます (ぬれます) means "to get wet," "to become wet," or "to be moistened." It describes the state of something or someone becoming soaked with a liquid, typically water. It implies a change of state, indicating something was dry and has now become wet.

⚫︎雨で服が濡れました。 Translation: My clothes got wet from the rain. ⚫︎洗濯物が濡れています。 Translation: The laundry is wet. ⚫︎汗でシャツが濡れました。 Translation: My shirt got wet with sweat.

⚫︎濡れます is used to describe the result of a process where something comes into contact with a liquid, usually water, but can also include other liquids like sweat, tears, or spilled drinks. ⚫︎It is often used with the particles が (ga) to mark the thing that gets wet, and で (de) to indicate the cause of the wetting, such as rain or sweat. ⚫︎The appropriate tense of 濡れます is used depending on the time frame (past, present, or future). For example, 濡れました (nuremashita) is the past tense "got wet," and 濡れる (nureru) is the plain form, "to get wet."

⚫︎濡れます is typically written in hiragana as ぬれます. ⚫︎The kanji form is 濡れます. ⚫︎The okurigana (送り仮名 - the trailing hiragana) are always れます.

⚫︎湿る (shimeru) - to become damp, to moisten. While similar, it often implies a less intense degree of wetness. ⚫︎水に浸かる (mizu ni tsukaru) - to be soaked in water; to be submerged. This implies being completely covered by water. ⚫︎濡らす (nurasu) - to wet something. This is the causative form, meaning to cause something to get wet.

⚫︎乾きます (kawakimasu) - to dry, to become dry. The direct opposite of 濡れます. ⚫︎乾燥します (kankoushimasu) - to dry, to get dry. A more formal way of saying to dry.

急な雨で、カバンが濡れてしまいました。 ・Translation: My bag got wet because of the sudden rain. ・Explanation: This sentence uses the past tense of 濡れます (濡れてしまいました) to indicate that the bag is currently wet due to a recent rain.

プールから上がったら、髪が濡れていた。 ・Translation: My hair was wet when I got out of the pool. ・Explanation: This sentence describes the state of the hair after exiting a pool, using the past tense 濡れていた.

The word 濡れます is derived from the verb stem 濡れ- (nure-) which means "wet" or "damp", and the auxiliary verb ます (-masu) which indicates politeness in the present tense. The root comes from the Old Japanese word, signifying "to be wet". The kanji 濡 itself means "to wet", "to get wet" or "to moisten".