also: すいき
This bread has a lot of moisture and is fluffy.
洗濯物の水気をよく切ってから干してください。
Please wring out the laundry well before hanging it up.
water vapor; steam
Only with reading すいき
Rare reading すいき used in technical or scientific contexts for water vapor or steam.
水気は気象学でよく使われる用語だ。
Water vapor (すいき) is a term often used in meteorology.
dropsy; edema
Only with reading すいき
Archaic medical term for edema or dropsy, read すいき. Not used in modern clinical Japanese.
昔の医学書には「水気」をすいきと読んで浮腫の意味で使っている。
Old medical texts use 水気 read as すいき to mean edema.
Drain the vegetables well before stir-frying them.
Wipe the moisture off your skin with a towel.
This tomato is very juicy, with lots of moisture.
This soil contains a lot of moisture.
Mixed kana spelling sometimes used to avoid confusion with the rare reading すいき.