Illustration: During a family board game on a low living-room table, a grown man pouts dramatically after losing. He sits with knees pulled up, lower lip pushed forward, and both hands clutching his game pieces against his chest.

じみる

jimiru

to seem like, to become -ish

Follows a noun and often appears as じみた. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

彼かれの振ふる舞まいは芝居しばいじみていた。
His behavior was theatrical.
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もう子供こどもじみたことはやめてもいい頃ころだ。
It is time you left off your childish ways.
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そんな子供こどもじみた計画けいかくは失敗しっぱいするにきまっている。
Such a childish plan is bound to fail.
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