ずぶ濡れ

• 読み: ずぶぬれ
• ローマ字: zubunure
• 漢字の分解: 濡 (nu/nure) — wet, damp
• 発音: /zɯ.bɯ.nɯ.ɾe/

意味

Soaking wet; completely drenched; dripping wet. Describes a state of being saturated with water from head to toe.

A compound of ずぶ (an emphatic prefix meaning 'completely/utterly') and 濡れ (nure, wetness). Used as a noun or adjectival noun (ずぶ濡れになる, to get soaked; ずぶ濡れの状態, in a soaking-wet state). The prefix ずぶ intensifies the wetness beyond ordinary 濡れた to the point of being dripping wet. Often combined with 全身 (all over the body) for additional emphasis.

例文

1. 傘を持たずに外出したせいで夕立に遭い、ずぶ濡れになってしまった。
2. 川で溺れかけた子どもを助けた彼は、ずぶ濡れのまま岸に立っていた。
3. 試合後のグラウンドで選手たちは汗と雨でずぶ濡れになりながら健闘を称え合った。

使い方ガイド

場面: weather, outdoors, daily life, narrative description

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The emphatic prefix ずぶ is of uncertain origin but appears in several compounds (ずぶずぶ, ずぶとい) to convey the idea of being thoroughly immersed or penetrated. 濡れ derives from the verb 濡れる (nureru, to get wet). Together they form a vivid expression of complete saturation.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal