Meaning

Primary

To Be Soaked In

Alternatives

To Be Submerged, To Be Flooded

Word Type

intransitive verb, godan verb

Explanation

Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means immersed. Things that are immersed are described by verbs like to be soaked in or to be submerged or to be flooded.

Reading

ひたる
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

What is soaked and submerged in water (that shouldn't be)? It is your heater (ひた). It's all soaked and doesn't work anymore :(

Context

Context Sentences

お風呂で図書館から借りたホーソンの『巌の顔』を読んでいたんですが、うっかりお湯に浸ってしまったんです。

I was reading Hawthorne’s "The Great Stone Face" that I borrowed from a library in the bath and thoughtlessly soaked it in bathwater.

Kanji Composition