しみ

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of しみ – see the following entries.
【染み】
[noun] a stain
[noun] a liver spot, freckle, blemish
[verb] imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 染みる (shimiru) [ichidan]
[verb] imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 染みる (-jimiru) [ichidan]
Alternative spellings
沁み, 滲み, 浸み, 泌み, シミ, じみ
【紙魚】
[noun] Any insect of the family Lepismatidae, a silverfish or bristletail.
Alternative spellings
衣魚, 蠧魚, 蠹魚, シミ
(This term, しみ (shimi), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as しみ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as しみ.)

(The following entries do not have a page created for them yet: 凍み, 至味, 詩味, 旨味.)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɕimʲi]

Prefix

しみ • (shimi-) 

  1. (emphatic, before nouns or adjectives)
    しみ真(しん)実(じつ)
    shimi shinjitsu
    nothing but the truth

Etymology 3

Alternative spellings
染み
沁み
滲み
浸み
泌み
凍み

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しみ [shìmí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ɕimʲi]

Verb

しみ • (shimi) 

  1. imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of しみる (shimiru) [ichidan]
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