JLPT N3 · い-adjective

蒸し暑い (mushiatsui)

蒸し暑い (むしあつい, mushiatsui) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “humid; sultry”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: むしあつい
Romaji: mushiatsui
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

humid; sultry · い-adjective

Example sentences

その晩はとてもむし暑かった。

It was very sultry that night.

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

Conjugation of 蒸し暑い

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	蒸し暑い	むしあつい mushiatsui
Negative	蒸し暑くない	むしあつくない mushiatsukunai
Past	蒸し暑かった	むしあつかった mushiatsukatta
Negative past	蒸し暑くなかった	むしあつくなかった mushiatsukunakatta
Te-form	蒸し暑くて	むしあつくて mushiatsukute
Adverb (~ku)	蒸し暑く	むしあつく mushiatsuku
Conditional (~ba)	蒸し暑ければ	むしあつければ mushiatsukereba

Kanji in 蒸し暑い

蒸

steam, heat, sultryジョウ・セイ・む.す・む.れる · 13 strokes

暑

sultry, hot, summer heatショ・あつ.い · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 蒸し暑い.

蒸すむすto steam (food, towel, etc.)蒸気じょうきsteam蒸発じょうはつevaporation水蒸気すいじょうきwater vapour蒸溜じょうりゅうdistillation暑いあついhot

Source: JMdict entry 1356870 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.