浸(ひた)る

ひたる
verb (godan)
to be soaked; to be immersed
自動詞 intransitiveactionemotion
See also: 浸(ひた)す (transitive)
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present浸(ひた)る浸(ひた)らない
Present polite浸(ひた)ります浸(ひた)りません
Past浸(ひた)った浸(ひた)らなかった
Past polite浸(ひた)りました浸(ひた)りませんでした
て form浸(ひた)って浸(ひた)らなくて
ている present浸(ひた)っている浸(ひた)っていない
ている polite浸(ひた)っています浸(ひた)っていません
ている past浸(ひた)っていた浸(ひた)っていなかった
ている past polite浸(ひた)っていました浸(ひた)っていませんでした
Conditional ば浸(ひた)れば浸(ひた)らなければ
Conditional たら浸(ひた)ったら浸(ひた)らなかったら
Volitional浸(ひた)ろう—
Volitional polite浸(ひた)りましょう—
Potential浸(ひた)れる浸(ひた)れない
Passive浸(ひた)られる浸(ひた)られない
Causative浸(ひた)らせる浸(ひた)らせない
Imperative浸(ひた)れ浸(ひた)るな
1. to be soaked, to be submerged
To be physically immersed or soaked in liquid. Describes the state of something being partially or fully submerged in water or another liquid.
足(あし)が水(みず)に浸(ひた)った。
My feet got soaked in water.
The floor was submerged in water due to heavy rain.
Half the town was under water because of the flood.
2. to be immersed in, to be absorbed in
To be deeply absorbed in a feeling, activity, or state of mind. Often used for indulging in emotions such as nostalgia, happiness, or sentimentality.
思(おも)い出(で)に浸(ひた)る。
To be lost in memories.
I savored the afterglow of victory.
On holidays, I like the time I spend immersed in music by myself.

Usage

The figurative sense is the everyday one: being wrapped up in a feeling or mood, usually with a nuance of lingering, pleasant indulgence (余韻(よいん), 思(おも)い出(で), 幸(しあわ)せ).

Watch out

For a person soaking in a bath or hot spring, the usual verb is 浸(つ)かる (お風呂(ふろ)に肩(かた)まで浸(つ)かる), not 浸(ひた)る. To soak something on purpose, use the transitive 浸(ひた)す (野菜(やさい)を水(みず)に浸(ひた)す).

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