潤う

• 読み: うるおう
• ローマ字: uruou
• 漢字の分解: 潤 (jun/uruo) — moist, wet, profit, enrich
• 発音: /ɯ.ɾɯ.o.ɯ/

意味

To become moist; to be moistened. Also means to profit; to benefit; to be enriched.

A Group 1 (godan) intransitive verb with physical and figurative meanings. Physically describes skin, air, or land becoming moist or well-hydrated. Figuratively means to prosper financially or to be spiritually enriched. The transitive counterpart is 潤す (uruosu). Common in beauty, health, and economic contexts.

例文

1. 雨が降って乾いた大地が潤った。
2. この化粧水を使うと肌が潤う。
3. 観光客のおかげで地域経済が潤っている。

使い方ガイド

場面: beauty, nature, economics

トーン: positive

起源と歴史

The kanji 潤 combines 氵 (water) and 閏 (intercalary, extra), originally meaning an excess of water — abundance that brings richness and moisture.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal