N2 — outside your level filter
気味
ぎみgimiN2neutral
a bit; slight degree of a (usually unwelcome) tendency
今朝からちょっと風邪気味なんだ。
kesa kara chotto kazegimi nan da.
I've felt a bit like I'm coming down with a cold since this morning. casual
最近残業続きで、疲れ気味です。
saikin zangyou tsuzuki de, tsukaregimi desu.
I've been a bit worn out lately with all the overtime. neutral
Same meaning6
looks/seems like; tends to
- ぶるput on airs of; act like — a quality that isn't really thereattaches at
- だらけcovered in; full of (negatively)attaches at
- ふりをするpretend to; act as ifattaches at
- がちprone to; tends to (usually a negative pattern)attaches at
- げwith a look of; an ...-ish air — a feeling on the surfaceattaches at
- っぽい-ish; has a whiff ofattaches at
All examples3
a bit; slightly N-ish — a slight, usually unwelcome tendency showing through
今朝からちょっと風邪気味なんだ。
kesa kara chotto kazegimi nan da.
I've felt a bit like I'm coming down with a cold since this morning. casual
最近残業続きで、疲れ気味です。
saikin zangyou tsuzuki de, tsukaregimi desu.
I've been a bit worn out lately with all the overtime. neutral
本日の会議は予定より延び気味で進行しております。
honjitsu no kaigi wa yotei yori nobigimi de shinkou shite orimasu.
Today's meeting is running a bit behind schedule. formal
How it's formed1
Notes
bit tired." The standalone noun 気味 (気味悪い "creepy") is the
same word unvoiced; き becomes ぎ as a suffix.