湿す
しめす · shimesu
To wet, to moisten, to dampen
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 湿しますしめします |
| Polite negative (ません) | 湿しませんしめしません |
| Polite past (ました) | 湿しましたしめしました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 湿しませんでしたしめしませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 湿しましょうしめしましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 湿ししめし |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 湿したいしめしたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 湿しながらしめしながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 湿してしめして |
| Plain past (た形) | 湿したしめした |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 湿したらしめしたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 湿しているしめしている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 湿さないしめさない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 湿さなかったしめさなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 湿さなくてしめさなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 湿せるしめせる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 湿せばしめせば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 湿せしめせ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 湿そうしめそう |
| Passive (受身形) | 湿されるしめされる |
| Causative (使役形) | 湿させるしめさせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 湿させられるしめさせられる |
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What does 湿す mean?
To wet, to moisten, to dampen.
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しめす (shimesu). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
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