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]