漬け

Meanings

1. Suffix

   pickled (something)
2. pickled in (something); preserved in; dipped in
3. overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of; addiction to; immersion in; intense involvement in

• 貴殿きでんの娘むすめさんは麻薬まやく漬づけです。

  Your daughter's on drugs.

• トムは丸一日まるいちにち会議かいぎ漬づけだった。

  Tom was in a meeting all day.

• 彼かれはとにかくコンピューター漬づけだからね。

  He eats, breathes and sleeps computers.

• 「お母かあさん、冷蔵庫れいぞうこにある『きのこのしょうゆ漬づけ』美味おいしそうね。食たべていい？」「食たべていいけど、食たべたらなんかお腹なか痛いたくなるから、気きをつけてね」「えっ？誰だれが作つくったの？」「あっ、あれはじいちゃんが山やまで採とってきたキノコをばあちゃんが漬つけたのよ」「それって、食たべちゃいけないキノコが混まざってるんじゃないの？」「そうなのかしら？」

  "Mom, those mushrooms marinated in soy sauce in the fridge look good. Can I eat some of them?" "Sure, you can, but they made my stomach feel weird when I ate them, so be careful." "Huh? Who made them?" "Oh, Grandpa picked out the mushrooms out in the mountains, and then Grandma put them in the soy sauce." "Uh, doesn't that mean that there are inedible mushrooms mixed in there?" "Oh, maybe..."