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染み しみ

  1. blot; blotch; smear; smudge; spot; stain
  2. blemish; discoloration; freckle; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot)

染みる しみる N1

  1. to penetrate; to permeate; to pierce; to seep (in); to soak (into)
  2. to be irritated (by); to bite (e.g. of the cold); to smart; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to twinge
  3. to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be influenced; to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)
  4. to be moved; to feel keenly; to make a deep impression; to sink into (e.g. one's mind)

染みとおる しみとおる

  1. to soak through
  2. to be deeply impressed

染みる じみる

  1. to appear like ...; to be like ...; to become ...-ish; to have a touch of ...; to look like ...
  2. to be dirtied with ...; to become smeared with ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...

染みを付ける しみをつける

  1. to blot; to smudge; to stain

染み付く しみつく

  1. to become embedded; to become ingrained; to permeate (of a stain, smell, etc.)
  2. to become a deeply ingrained habit; to become second nature

染み入る しみいる

  1. to permeate; to seep into; to sink into; to soak into

染み出し しみだし

  1. seepage

染み出す しみだす

  1. to ooze (out); to seep

染み抜き しみぬき

  1. stain removal
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