汗あせ染じみ

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せ

じ

み

Meanings

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noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

sweat stain

Refers to a stain left by sweat on clothing or fabric. Can be used as a noun or as a suru-verb (intransitive) meaning 'to become stained with sweat'.

汗あせ染じみUsage13%
Standard kanji spelling.
汗あせジミUsage88%
Variant spelling with ジミ in katakana, sometimes used for emphasis or in casual writing.

汗あせ
汗 means 'sweat' in general, while 汗染み specifically refers to the stain caused by sweat.
染しみ
染み is a general term for 'stain', whereas 汗染み specifies that the stain is from sweat.

Compound of 汗 (あせ, 'sweat') and 染み (しみ, 'stain'). The reading じみ is a rendaku form of しみ.