にじむ
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, む, intransitive)
Usually written in kana
1. to run (of liquid); to spread; to bleed; to blot
When I looked down at my stomach, blood was spreading through my shirt.
2. to blur; to blot; to be blurred
The writing was slightly blurred, but it was readable without any problem.
3. to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
With eyes welling up with tears, I look ahead.
4. to show through (of feelings, emotions, etc.); to reveal itself
Anger showed through in that expression.
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
painstaking (e.g. effort); excruciating (e.g. hard work); grueling
painstaking (e.g. effort); excruciating (e.g. hard work); grueling
painstaking (e.g. effort); excruciating (e.g. hard work); grueling
Examples (11 in total)
It is so heartbreaking, so heartbreaking, that even tears well up.
But fear showed through in that voice.
Ink bleeds on wet paper.
Anger showed through in that expression.
The writing was slightly blurred, but it was readable without any problem.
Perhaps even tears had welled up.
With eyes welling up with tears, I look ahead.
Tears welled up in my eyes, blurring my vision.
My vision blurs, and I can no longer see the chairperson.
When I looked down at my stomach, blood was spreading through my shirt.
A teasing tone seeped through the man's words.