Japanese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of つかる – see the following entry.
浸かる
[verb] 浸かる: to be soaked; to be immersed (in liquid)
[verb] 浸かる: (figuratively) to be immersed (in something)
[verb] 漬かる: to be pickled; to be well seasoned
Alternative spelling
漬かる
(This term, つかる, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)