Illustration: On an apartment balcony, a resident waters a shallow planter whose soil has dried into a pale, crumbly surface. Beneath the watering-can spout, a broad patch has become dark, soft, and evenly damp, with a clear boundary where moisture is still spreading into the dry earth.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

潤うるおう

uruou

to become moist

Example sentences

このクリーム試ためしてみて、肌はだがめっちゃ潤うるおうから。
Try this cream. It’s so moisturizing.
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雨あめが降ふって、庭にわの土つちが潤うるおった。
The rain moistened the soil in the garden.
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水みずを飲のむと、乾かわいたのどが潤うるおう。
Drinking water moistens my dry throat.
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Kanji in 潤

潤wet; be wateredOnジュンKunうるおう・うるおす・うるむ

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