〜気味(ぎみ)

a bit / a touch of

"A bit X" or "a touch of X": a slight tendency or sign of something, usually unwelcome.

Readings

How to form it

Put 気味(ぎみ) after a noun or a ます-stem: 風邪気味(かぜぎみ) (a bit of a cold), 太(ふと)り気味(ぎみ) (putting on a little weight).
It works like a noun: 気味(ぎみ)だ, 気味(ぎみ)の + noun.

今日(きょう)は風邪気味(かぜぎみ)だ。

I think I'm coming down with a cold today.

最近(さいきん)、ちょっと太(ふと)り気味(ぎみ)だ。

I've been putting on a bit of weight lately.

How it comes back in Isori

One sentence, four ways to recall it. Isori writes sentences like this from the grammar you’re on and the words due that day.

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最近(さいきん)、ちょっと太(ふと)り気味(ぎみ)だ。

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I've been putting on a bit of weight lately.

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最近(さいきん)、ちょっと太(ふと)り気味(ぎみ)だ。

I've been putting on a bit of weight lately.

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I've been putting on a bit of weight lately.

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最近(さいきん)、ちょっと太(ふと)り気味(ぎみ)だ。

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I've been putting on a bit of weight lately.

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最近(さいきん)、ちょっと太(ふと)り気味(ぎみ)だ。

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