Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2

Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology edit

Cognate with 湿気(しけ) (shikeru). The kanji are ateji (当て字).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

()() (shikeruintransitive godan (stem ()() (shikeri), past ()()った (shiketta))

  1. (of sea) to be stormy
  2. to be financially difficult; to go through hard times
  3. to be gloomy; to be dejected
  4. (of sky) to be cloudy

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN