Illustration: At a home kitchen counter, a baker gently pulls apart a freshly cut piece of steamed sponge cake. The interior separates into soft, close-textured pieces that bend slightly under the fingers, with a subtle moist sheen across the torn crumb.

JLPT N2adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

しっとり

shittori

moist, slightly damp

Example sentences

  1. 黒くろくて、甘あまくて、しっとりした何なにかです。

    It’s something black, sweet, and moist.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. しっとりとした皮かわに濃厚のうこうなこしあんが入はいっている。

    Thick koshian is put in the moist wrapping of dough.

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

  3. 蜂蜜はちみつを入いれて焼やき上あげることでしっとりとしたカステラ生地きじにすることができる。

    If it is baked with honey added then the castella cake will be moist.

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

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