湿気|しっけshikke[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounmoisture; humidity; dampness
   夏なつはとても湿気しっけが多おおいんです。↗

   In the summer, it's very humid.

• Synonym湿りしめりNeutralThe state or degree of being damp, as in 「湿りを帯びる」; it is rarely used on its own.
• Synonym湿り気しめりけNeutralThe dampness an object carries, as in 「湿り気のある土」; it centers on the thing itself rather than the air.
• Synonym水気みずけNeutralThe water something contains, as in 「水気を切る」; it centers on the moisture of food or objects.
• RelatedしとりNeutralA moist texture, nowadays also used for food, as in 「しとり感」; 湿気 is about damp air or rooms.
• Antonym乾燥かんそうNeutralDryness or lack of moisture; the direct opposite of damp 湿気.

Use 「湿気」 for dampness in the air or a room, as in 「湿気が多い」. For dampness in an object choose 「湿り気」, and for the water in food or things 「水気」. 「乾燥」 is the opposite: dryness.

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1. 湿しめった空気くうき。ものや空気くうき中ちゅうの水分すいぶん。