BICCHO-RI びっちょり
Meanings
Describes something becoming completely and excessively soaked with water.
Examples
A truck drove through a puddle and now my trousers are absolutely soaked.
トラックが水たまりを通過したせいで、私のパンツはびっちょりだ。
Dogmatic Opinion
For BISSHO-RI, I focus on the density of moisture across a surface such as skin.
BICCHO-RI feels different. I imagine excessive water penetrating into the material itself, soaking it through to the inside.
That means ordinary perspiration does not feel sufficient. I picture a large amount of water coming from outside—rain, spray, a puddle, or something similar—and saturating the object.
Proximate Expression
soggy
soaked
Related Words
For Japanese Learners
Soaking wet, sopping wet, soaked through, and saturated may fit. The distinction from BISSHO-RI is subtle, but this page’s BICCHO-RI emphasizes water penetrating into something rather than merely densely covering its surface.
