気き味み

noun

feeling; sensation; sense

Most often encountered in evaluative expressions such as 気味が悪い, meaning that something feels unpleasant, eerie, or unsettling. The fixed phrase いい気味 has its own idiomatic force, roughly 'serves you right.'

See also: いい気味 (いいきみ)

• 夜よ中なかにドアが少すこし開あいていて、気き味みが悪わるかった。

  The door was slightly open in the middle of the night, and it felt creepy.

noun

tendency; propensity; hint of

Only with reading きみ

Noun use pronounced きみ, often in patterns like の気味がある to describe a slight tendency, trace, or touch of something. In many everyday compounds, the related suffix is pronounced ぎみ.

See also: 気味 (ぎみ)

• 風邪かぜの気き味みがあるので、今日きょうは早はやめに帰かえります。

  I have a touch of a cold, so I'll go home early today.

• 彼かれの発はつ言げんには少すこし自じ慢まんの気き味みがある。

  There is a slight tendency toward bragging in what he says.