染み

Japanese

Kanji in this term
染
し Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しみ [shìmí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɕimʲi]

Noun

染(し)み or 染(シ)み • (shimi) 

1. a stain
   • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典／新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局／大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:

     ワイシャツにコーヒーの染(し)みがついた

     Waishatsu ni kōhī no shimi ga tsuita

     The white shirt has a coffee stain on it

2. a liver spot, freckle, blemish

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN