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蒸し暑い (むしあつい): humid, sultry — Japanese vocabulary

蒸し暑い is read むしあつい and means "humid, sultry". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

蒸し暑い

Reading
むしあつい · mushiatsui
Translation
humid, sultry
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
むしあついが

Example

春にしては少し蒸し暑い日だった。

はるにしてはすこしむしあついひだった。

It was a little too muggy for spring.

Kanji in this word

  • 蒸 — Steam, Heat, Sultry
  • 暑 — hot (weather)

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