染しみ込こむ

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染み込む · godan verb (-mu)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	染しみ込こむ	染しみ込こまない
Polite	染しみ込こみます	染しみ込こみません
Past polite	染しみ込こみました	染しみ込こみませんでした
Past	染しみ込こんだ	染しみ込こまなかった
Te-form	染しみ込こんで	染しみ込こまないで
Desire	染しみ込こみたい	染しみ込こみたくない
Potential	染しみ込こめる	染しみ込こめない
Passive	染しみ込こまれる	染しみ込こまれない
Causative	染しみ込こませる	染しみ込こませない
Causative passive	染しみ込こませられるalso 染しみ込こまされる	染しみ込こませられないalso 染しみ込こまされない
Volitional	染しみ込こもう
Polite volitional	染しみ込こみましょう
Imperative	染しみ込こめ	染しみ込こむな
Conditional	染しみ込こめば	染しみ込こまなければ
Tara conditional	染しみ込こんだら	染しみ込こまなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-mu), intransitive verb

soak into; seep into; permeate

Physical sense: liquid, smell, or substance penetrates and spreads through a material or space.

雨あめが地じ面めんに染しみ込こんでいく。
The rain soaks into the ground.
タバコの臭においがカーテンに染しみ込こんだ。
The smell of tobacco seeped into the curtains.

godan verb (-mu), intransitive verb

sink in (mentally); be ingrained; be instilled

Abstract sense: knowledge, habit, feeling, or teaching becomes deeply rooted in one's mind or heart.

先せん生せいの言こと葉ばが心こころに染しみ込こんだ。
The teacher's words sank deep into my heart.
子こどもの頃ころの習しゅう慣かんは体からだに染しみ込こんでいる。
Habits from childhood are ingrained in my body.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉に〈物もの〉が染しみ込こむfor a liquid, smell, etc. to soak into something
雨あま水みずが土つちに染しみ込こんだ。
The rainwater soaked into the soil.
〈事こと〉が心こころに染しみ込こむfor words, a lesson, or feeling to sink deeply into one's heart
先せん生せいの言こと葉ばが心こころに染しみ込こんだ。
The teacher's words sank deep into my heart.
味あじが染しみ込こむfor flavor to soak into food (esp. while cooking)
大だい根こんに味あじがよく染しみ込こんでいる。
The flavor has soaked in well into the radish.

Kanji

染dye, color, paint
込crowded, mixture, in bulk
浸immersed, soak, dip
滲imbued with
沁penetrate, soak in

Related words· 6

しみるN2sense 1
染みる is the shorter, everyday verb for something soaking in or stinging, while 染み込む stresses a deeper, more thorough penetration.
定てい着ちゃくN2sense 2
定着する means a custom, idea, or word becomes firmly established in society, whereas 染み込む describes a feeling or lesson gradually sinking into an individual's mind.
浸しん透とう sense 1
浸透する is a formal or technical word for permeating (used in science, economics, or society), while 染み込む is the everyday word for gradual, natural soaking-in.
身みにつく sense 2
身につく refers to a skill or habit being acquired through practice, while 染み込む emphasizes something being deeply and passively absorbed into one's heart or mind.

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染しみ渡わたる sense 1
染み渡る describes something spreading thoroughly through an entire area or body (like pain or taste), while 染み込む focuses on the initial act of soaking in.
移うつるN4
染み込む specifically describes a liquid or scent soaking into a material, while 移る is used more broadly for a color, scent, or quality being transferred.

Built from

しみる+込こむ

Written forms

染しみ込こむUsage32%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority in news and frequency lists.
しみこむUsage34%
しみ込こむUsage23%
search-only kanji form
Search-only mixed kana-kanji form; not a standard spelling.
染しみこむUsage6%
search-only kanji form
Search-only mixed kanji-kana form; not a standard spelling.
浸しみ込こむUsage3%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
浸しみこむUsage2%
search-only kanji form
Search-only mixed kanji-kana form; not a standard spelling.
染しみ込こむUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only abbreviated kanji form; not a standard spelling.
沁しみ込こむ
Alternative kanji form, sometimes used for emotional or abstract permeation.
滲しみ込こむ
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Etymology

Compound of 染み (shimi, 'stain' or 'soaking', from verb 染みる) + 込む (komu, 'to go into', auxiliary verb indicating thoroughness or inward direction). The combination yields the meaning 'to soak in thoroughly'.