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
Alternative spelling
シミ
【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, 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 are uncreated: 凍み, 至味, 詩味, 旨味.)

Prefix

しみ • (shimi-) 

  1. (emphatic, before nouns or adjectives)
    しみ真(しん)実(じつ)
    shimi shinjitsu
    nothing but the truth
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