地味 – Vocabulary details

地じ味み

Meanings

Adjective (な)

Noun

1. plain; simple; subdued; sober

もう一ひと人りは、三さん十じゅう代だいくらいの地じ味みな感かんじの女じょ性せい。The other one was a woman in her thirties with a plain appearance.

2. reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quiet; unobtrusive

彼かれは地じ味みな性せい格かくで、あまり目め立だたない。He has a quiet personality and doesn't stand out much.

Adverb

Colloquialism

3. quite; a (little) bit

as 地味に

あれ、地じ味みに傷きずつく。Oh, that stings a little.

Kanji used

地

ground

味

flavor

Pitch accent

じ

み

Used in: 3300

Composed of

地じ

ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric

味み

-ness (as in "sweetness"); -th (as in "warmth"); place; alternating between ... and ...; sometimes ... and sometimes ...

Used in vocabulary (1 in total)

地じ味み婚こん

simple wedding; modest wedding

Examples (14 in total)

あれ、地じ味みに傷きずつく。

Oh, that stings a little.

彼かの女じょは地じ味みな色いろを好このむ。

She favors quiet colors.

仕し事ごとなんて地じ味みと相そう場ばは決きまっています。

It's common knowledge that work is dull.

彼かれは地じ味みな性せい格かくで、あまり目め立だたない。

He has a quiet personality and doesn't stand out much.

帰かえりの船ふねも地じ味みに人ひとが多おおい。

The return boat is also quite crowded.

でもその地じ味みさは努ど力りょくの結けっ晶しょうなのだ。

But that plainness is the fruit of effort.

姉あねは地じ味みで、人ひと前まえに出でるのが苦にが手てだ。

My older sister is reserved and dislikes being in the public eye.

地じ味みな名な前まえなのですっかり忘わすれてしまっておりました！

It was such a plain name that I had completely forgotten it!

他ほかのと比くらべると地じ味みだから、あんまり人にん気きがないの。

It isn't very popular because it's plain compared to the others.

たしかに全ぜん体たい的てきに地じ味みでさっぱりした料りょう理りでまとまっている！

Indeed, it is a cohesive meal that is overall plain and light.

彼かれは地じ味みだけど、まじめに働はたらく人ひとだ。

He keeps a low profile, but he's a hard worker.

無む意い味みに広ひろい気きがするが、内ない装そうそのものは地じ味みだ。

It feels pointlessly spacious, but the interior itself is plain.

もう一ひと人りは、三さん十じゅう代だいくらいの地じ味みな感かんじの女じょ性せい。

The other one was a woman in her thirties with a plain appearance.

一いっ見けんありふれて地じ味みな能のう力りょくだが、切きり札ふだとなると確かく信しんしている。