Illustration: At a kitchen table, condensation trickles down a glass of iced barley tea onto a cloth placemat. A darkened damp patch spreads through the fabric beneath the glass, while most of the placemat remains visibly dry.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

湿しめる

shimeru

to become damp

Example sentences

  1. 洗濯物せんたくものはまだ湿しめっている。

    The washing is still damp.

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  2. 海うみからの風かぜは湿しめっている。

    Winds from the sea are moist.

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  3. このマッチは湿しめっていて火ひがつかない。

    This damp match won’t light.

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Kanji in 湿

  • 湿damp; wetOnシツ・シュウKunしめる・しめす・うるおう

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