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〜気味

a touch of, slightly, a bit

Noun / Verb ます-stem + 気味 (+ だ · の Noun · に)

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気味 (ぎみ here) says there's a slight sign of something, usually unwelcome: ちょっと風邪気味なので、早く帰ります, "I've got a bit of a cold, so I'll head home early".

It's common with health and condition: 疲れ気味, "a bit worn out"; 太り気味, "putting on a little weight"; and with situations: 遅れ気味, "running a little late".

Compare がち, which is a repeated tendency ("often catches colds"). 気味 is a present state, a mild one ("feeling a bit under the weather right now").

It works like a な-adjective: 風邪気味だ, 緊張気味に話す. In casual speech, っぽい often replaces it: 風邪っぽい.

Examples

  • ちょっと風邪かぜ気味ぎみなので、早はやく帰かえります。

    I've got a bit of a cold, so I'll head home early.

  • 最近さいきん、太ふとり気味ぎみだ。

    I've been putting on a bit of weight lately.

  • 仕事しごとで疲つかれ気味ぎみです。

    I'm a bit worn out from work.

  • 電車でんしゃが遅おくれ気味ぎみだ。

    The trains are running a little late.

  • 彼かれは緊張きんちょう気味ぎみに話はなし始はじめた。

    He started speaking, a little nervously.

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