Illustration: At a community art class, a learner has painted a small black fish on absorbent paper. Their elbow tips a water cup, and a shallow puddle reaches the fish's tail. The wet tail spreads into a soft, irregular cloud, while the dry head retains its crisp outline.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

にじむ

nijimu

to run, to bleed

Often used of dye or ink. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

ドレスを洗あらったら色いろがにじんだ。
The color ran when the dress was washed.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
家いえで洗濯せんたくすると色いろがにじむ。
If you wash it at home, the color will run.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
また墨すみをつける段階だんかいである程度乾ていどかわかさないと、墨すみが滲にじんだり、薄うすくなったりする。
Additionally, the paper should be somewhat dried before putting black ink; otherwise, the ink may run on the paper or become faint.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

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