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湿気る

しける

to become damp; to go soggy; to lose its crispness

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Examples

  1. このお煎餅、もう湿気ってる。

    このおせんべい、もうしけってる。

    This rice cracker has already gone soggy.

  2. 袋の口を閉めないと海苔が湿気るよ。

    ふくろのくちをしめないとのりがしけるよ。

    If you don't close the bag, the seaweed will go damp.

  3. 梅雨時はマッチが湿気て火がつかない。

    つゆどきはまっちがしけてひがつかない。

    In the rainy season the matches get damp and won't light.

Common patterns

煎餅が湿気る
for rice crackers to go soft
湿気た音
a dull, damp sound
湿気を防ぐ
to keep damp out

Memory tip

しける is about dry food or paper absorbing moisture and losing its snap — not about a room being humid, which is 湿気が多い (しっけ, the noun with the same kanji). Its slangy adjective form しけた means dreary or shabby.

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