pickle · soak

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 漬 has 14 strokes and denotes pickling ingredients or seasoning soaking into them.
• Basic usage: 漬ける is read つける, and 漬かる is read つかる.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Pickling something and becoming pickled
  • 切った野菜を塩に漬けた describes pickling sliced vegetables in salt. を marks the ingredient, and に marks what is used to pickle it.
  • 大根がほどよく漬かるまで means until the radish is properly pickled, focusing on the ingredient's change of state.