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しめる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
しめる
BOOST
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be wet; to become wet; to be damp; to be moist
2. to be in low spirits; to feel depressed  (often as 湿って or 湿った; this meaning is restricted to reading しめる)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 91,134 which gives a rank of 7,682
しめる is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 58,000 (about 6,780,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 46 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
この
つち
さいきん
最近
あめ
ために
しめ
湿
っている

This earth is moist owing to the recent rain.
うみ
から
かぜ
しめ
湿
っている

Winds from the sea are moist.
かれ
タオル
みず
しめ
湿
した
He wet the towel with water.
湿る
BOOST
Readings : しめる    しとる   
湿る can be read in 2 ways: しめる (90%), しとる (10%).
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 166,000 (about 461,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 4046 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 14938
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 46 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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湿
シツ   damp   しめ to be/become damp   しめ to moisten   
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when the sun is almost lined up
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
almost lined up
スイ   みず water   
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