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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

じめじめする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Describes weather, air, or objects that feel unpleasantly damp and sticky. Often used for the rainy season.

Describes a mood, atmosphere, or personality that is dark, cheerless, or persistently gloomy.

〈場ば所しょ〉がじめじめするfor a place (room, air, weather) to be damp and humid
梅雨つゆの時じ期きは部屋へやがじめじめする。
During the rainy season, the room gets damp and humid.
じめじめした〈場ば所しょ・事こと〉a damp, muggy (weather, room, climate)
じめじめした天てん気きが一いっ週しゅう間かんも続つづいている。
The damp, humid weather has continued for a whole week.
じめじめと〈動どう詞し〉to brood or dwell gloomily on something
彼かれはいつまでもじめじめと悩なやんでいる。
He keeps brooding gloomily over it without end.
じめじめした性せい格かくa gloomy, brooding personality
彼かの女じょはじめじめした性せい格かくで、すぐに落おち込こんでしまう。
She has a gloomy personality and gets depressed easily.

湿しめっぽいN1
湿っぽい is an i-adjective describing something physically damp or (figuratively) melancholy, while じめじめ is a mimetic adverb stressing an unpleasant, lingering dampness or gloom.
じめっと sense 1
ジメッと describes a lighter, more momentary sensation of dampness, whereas じめじめ conveys a persistent, drawn-out clamminess.
じっとりN1
じめじめ describes a persistently damp, humid atmosphere over time, while じっとり focuses on a sudden clammy dampness on skin or surfaces.
しとしとN1
じめじめ describes an unpleasant, sticky dampness or humidity, while しとしと can describe a gentler, quieter wetness, often of rain.

カラカラ sense 1
カラカラ describes something bone-dry and parched, the opposite of the sticky humidity of じめじめ.
からっと sense 2
からっと describes a bright, breezy, cheerful mood or personality, contrasting with the dark, gloomy feel of じめじめ.

しみじみN2
しみじみ sounds similar to じめじめ but means deeply and heartfeltly reflecting on something, not physical or moral dampness/gloom.
蒸むし暑あついN3
じめじめ describes damp, clammy conditions without necessarily being hot, whereas 蒸し暑い specifically combines heat with humidity.

Mimetic word; the exact origin is uncertain, but the reduplicated form じめじめ phonetically suggests a persistent, unpleasant dampness or gloom.