I Love Kanji湿気る (shikeru)
湿気る (しける, shikeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to get damp; to get moist”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists.
- Reading
- しける
- Romaji
- shikeru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to get damp; to get moist; to get soggy; to become humid · ichidan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 湿気る
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 湿気る | しける shikeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 湿気ます | しけます shikemasu |
| Negative | 湿気ない | しけない shikenai |
| Polite negative | 湿気ません | しけません shikemasen |
| Past | 湿気た | しけた shiketa |
| Polite past | 湿気ました | しけました shikemashita |
| Negative past | 湿気なかった | しけなかった shikenakatta |
| Te-form | 湿気て | しけて shikete |
| Potential | 湿気られる | しけられる shikerareru |
| Passive | 湿気られる | しけられる shikerareru |
| Causative | 湿気させる | しけさせる shikesaseru |
| Volitional | 湿気よう | しけよう shikeyou |
| Imperative | 湿気ろ | しけろ shikero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 湿気れば | しければ shikereba |
Kanji in 湿気る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 湿気る.
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Source: JMdict entry 1320420 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.