Illustration: On a humid rainy afternoon, a person at a kitchen table tries to break a thin rice cracker from a packet left open overnight. Instead of snapping, the cracker bends limply between their fingers.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

湿気しける

shikeru

to get damp, to get soggy

This entry is an ichidan verb; it is also read しっける. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 皮種かわだねが湿気しけるのを避さけるために、販売時はんばいじには餡あんと別べつにしておき、食たべる時ときに消費者しょうひしゃが餡あんを詰つめられるようにした商品しょうひんもある。

    Some products keep the wafer shells separate from the sweet bean paste so they do not get soggy, letting customers fill them when they are ready to eat.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. これは茶漬ちゃづけを食たべる際さいに歯はざわりの良よい物ものとして入いれられていたが、後ごに茶漬ちゃづけが湿気しけるのを防ふせぐ乾燥剤かんそうざいの役割やくわりを果はたしていることが判わかり、標準化ひょうじゅんかした。

    This was added for crunchiness when eating ochazuke however later it was learned that it played a role as a drying agent to prevent ochazuke from becoming moist and it was accepted as the norm.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 袋ふくろを開あけたままにすると、せんべいが湿気しけるよ。

    If you leave the bag open, the rice crackers will get soggy.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 湿気

  • 湿damp; wetOnシツ・シュウKunしめる・しめす・うるおう
  • 気spirit; mindOnキ・ケKunいき・き

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