いみ

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of いみ – see the following entries.
意味
[noun] a meaning; a significance; a point
[noun] meaning; definition
[verb] to mean, signify, imply
異味
[noun] strange or different flavor
(This term, いみ (imi), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as いみ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as いみ.)

Etymology 2

Alternative spellings

忌み
諱み
斎み

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [imʲi]

Verb

いみ • (imi

  1. stem or continuative form of いむ (imu) [godan]

Okinawan

Noun

いみ (imi

  1. : dream