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Weather & Climate

じめじめ

jime-jime

Damp and humid

An unpleasantly moist, sticky atmosphere. Suggests discomfort from excess humidity.

💡During Japan's humid summer — 'The room feels jime-jime, turn on the dehumidifier.'

Example

梅雨の時期は部屋がじめじめする。

The room gets jime-jime during the rainy season.

Quiz yourself

The room feels ___ because of all this humidity.

湿気が多くて部屋が○○する。

humiditysummerrainy seasonhomediscomfort
Intermediate