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Grammar detail: 〜気味（ぎみ）

〜気味（ぎみ） - ~like

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ぎみ

気味

means

~like, ~looking

ぎみ

気味

is a suffix that turns a verb or noun into an adjective meaning 'looking like' the original verb / noun.

きんちょう

に

いをした。
Looking nervous, he cleared his throat.

はいくぶん

だ。
He is on the heavy side.

気味 is sometimes encountered in kana, but the kanji form is more common.

気味 is also often used to indicate a touch of something - for example, a slight cold, or a touch of fever.

は

だと

った。
She said she had a slight cold.

気味 on its own means 'tendency' or 'sensation', so it is also found as part of set expressions such as

(weird) and いい

(just desserts). In set expressions, the き tends to be voiced き; when used as a suffix, it changes to ぎ.

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Kanji used in this grammar

気

キケ spirit

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味

ミあじ taste あじわう to taste

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不

フブ not

緊

キン tight, tense, hard

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張

チョウはる to stretch

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咳

せき a cough

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払

フツ to pay; to dispose of はらう to pay

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彼

ヒかれ he

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太

タタイふとい fat ふとる to get fat, to put on weight

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女

ジョニョニョウ woman; female おんな woman め woman

風

フフウかぜ wind かざ-

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邪

ジャ evil, wrong

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言

ゲンゴン say; word こと word, saying いう to say

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