染み

Japanese

Kanji in this term
染
し Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
沁み滲み浸み泌み

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しみ [shìmí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕimʲi]

Noun

染(し)み or 染(シ)み • (shimi)

a stain
- 2007, 新時代日漢辭典 / 新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局 / 大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
  
  ワイシャツにコーヒーの染(し)みがついた
  Waishatsu ni kōhī no shimi ga tsuita
  The white shirt has a coffee stain on it
a liver spot, freckle, blemish

Verb

染(し)み or 染(じ)み • (shimi or -jimi)

imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 染みる (shimiru) [ichidan]
imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 染みる (-jimiru) [ichidan]

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN