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濡れる

ぬれる

to get wet

Mnemonic

Rain over the top and water the whole way through, not splashed but soaked. Caught out in it, and a new rule ぬれる about umbrellas from now on: ぬれる.

Built from

get wet
氵 water on the left with rain up above it. Soaked the whole way through rather than splashed.

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