気味だ

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気味だ

kimidaAdjectival, Descriptions

Yuzuo Chan

11.06.2025

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Meaning

Slightly A; a touch of A; showing a (slight) tendency toward A

Conjugation

VStem(ます形) + 気味ぎみ + だ／です: N + 気味ぎみ + だ／です（不安ふあん・心配しんぱいなど、な形容詞けいようしとしても使つかう語ごを含ふくむ）

Examples

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最近さいきん、仕事しごとが忙いそがしくて疲つかれ気味ぎみです。

風邪かぜ気味ぎみなので、今日きょうは早はやく帰かえります。

最近さいきん太ふとり気味ぎみなので、ダイエットを始はじめました。

前半ぜんはんは相手あいてチームに押おされ気味ぎみだった。

試験しけんの前まえの日ひ、彼女かのじょは不安ふあん気味ぎみだった。

初はじめての発表はっぴょうで、彼かれは少すこし緊張きんちょう気味ぎみだった。

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grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: この部屋へやは寒さむいぎみです。

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: この部屋へやは少すこし寒さむいです。

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: 気味 cannot attach directly to i-adjectives. It typically attaches to a verb stem or a noun, including certain words that also function as na-adjectives, such as 不安ふあん気味ぎみ. To express that a room is slightly cold, use 少すこし寒さむいです instead.

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 最近さいきん、元気げんき気味ぎみです。

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 最近さいきん、疲つかれ気味ぎみです。

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: 気味 is mainly used for negative or undesirable states, so it sounds strange with positive ones like 元気.

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 風邪かぜ気味きみです。

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 風邪かぜ気味ぎみです。

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: In this pattern 気味 is read ぎみ (voiced). きみ is used in other words such as 気味きみが悪わるい.

Key points

Used to describe a mild state or tendency, usually an undesirable one (tired, having a cold, nervous, falling behind). It attaches to a verb stem or a noun, including certain words that also function as na-adjectives (e.g., 不安ふあん気味ぎみ). It does not attach directly to i-adjectives. It can describe present or past conditions and is used in both speech and writing.

Compare 〜がち (tends to happen repeatedly or frequently) and 〜っぽい (has the character, appearance, or tendency of). 気味 emphasizes a slight state or tendency at a particular time, rather than the frequency of an action or occurrence.

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