み

Meanings

1. Suffix -ness (as in "sweetness"); -th (as in "warmth"); a touch of; a tinge of (after an adjective stem; nominalizing suffix indicating a quality or feeling; also written with the ateji 味)
2. place (after an adjective stem; nominalizing suffix)
3. alternating between ... and ...; sometimes ... and sometimes ... (as ...み...み; after the -masu stems of verbs with opposite meanings or after the -masu stem and -zu form of the same verb)

Example sentences

• 果物としての金柑は食べたことないんだけどさ、金柑味の飴ならよく買ってるよ。
  I haven't ever eaten kumquat as a fruit, but I often buy it as a hard candy flavour.
• 「なんでもかんでも、抹茶味にすればいいってもんじゃないよ」「思う。思う」
  "Not everything needs to be matcha-flavored." "You are so right. So right."
• いちばん星みぃつけた。
  I found the first star.

Words containing み

• 楽しみ (たのしみ) enjoyment
• 痛み (いたみ) pain
• 悲しみ (かなしみ) sadness

And 128 more.

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