Illustration: In a small apartment during the rainy season, a resident lifts a cracker from an open tin and discovers that several crackers have stuck together in a limp cluster. Behind her, laundry hangs heavily from an indoor rack, and condensation clouds the balcony glass.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

湿しっ気け

shikke

moisture, humidity

Example sentences

  1. 夏なつはとても湿気しっけが多おおいんです。

    In the summer, it’s very humid.

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  2. 私わたしは湿気しっけが我慢がまんできない。

    I can’t stand humidity.

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  3. 今日きょうは昨日きのうほど湿気しっけがない。

    It is less humid today than it was yesterday.

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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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