Illustration: During a pottery class at a Japanese community center, one participant remains upright and continues shaping a small bowl, but their eyelids droop slightly and a restrained yawn interrupts their concentration.

JLPT N2suffixLevel estimated by Bebop

気味ぎみ

gimi

somewhat, showing signs of

Attaches to a word to describe a tendency. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれはいくぶん太ふとり気味ぎみだ。

    He is on the heavy side.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 私わたしは風邪かぜ気味ぎみのようです。

    I am afraid I have a touch of a cold.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 近年きんねんは衰退すいたい気味ぎみの習慣しゅうかんだが、今いまも中高年層ちゅうこうねんそうを中心ちゅうしんになされている。

    This custom is becoming less common but is still performed by middle-aged and elderly people.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 気味

  • 気spirit; mindOnキ・ケKunいき・き
  • 味flavor; tasteOnミKunあじ・あじわう

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