JLPT N3 · Verb

湿る (shimeru)

湿る (しめる, shimeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to become damp; to become moist”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: しめる
Romaji: shimeru
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to become damp; to become moist; to become wet · godan verb, intransitive
to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits; to feel depressed · godan verb, intransitive · often as 湿って or 湿った

Example sentences

洗濯物はまだ湿っている。

The washing is still damp.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 湿る

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	湿る	しめる shimeru
Polite (~masu)	湿ります	しめります shimerimasu
Negative	湿らない	しめらない shimeranai
Polite negative	湿りません	しめりません shimerimasen
Past	湿った	しめった shimetta
Polite past	湿りました	しめりました shimerimashita
Negative past	湿らなかった	しめらなかった shimeranakatta
Te-form	湿って	しめって shimette
Potential	湿れる	しめれる shimereru
Passive	湿られる	しめられる shimerareru
Causative	湿らせる	しめらせる shimeraseru
Volitional	湿ろう	しめろう shimerou
Imperative	湿れ	しめれ shimere
Conditional (~ba)	湿れば	しめれば shimereba

Kanji in 湿る

湿

damp, wet, moistシツ・シュウ・しめ.る・しめ.す · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 湿る.

湿気しっけmoisture湿度しつどhumidity湿気しっきmoisture湿気るしけるto get damp

Source: JMdict entry 1320390 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.