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染み付く (しみつく) — to be indelibly stained or ingrained | Kumi Dictionary

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Kanji Vocab
染み付く

染み付く

染しみ付つく

to be indelibly stained or ingrained

Kanji Vocab Daily Life17 strokes

Hold to practice stroke order

染みつく沁みつく染み着く染着く沁み着く染付く沁み付く

しみつく

Verb, Intransitive

1.

to be indelibly stained or ingrained, to be dyed in deeply

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Kanji that make up this word

そ.める・そ.まる・し.みる・し.み…(2)

dye・color・paint・stain・print

つ.ける・-つ.ける・-づ.ける・つ.け・つ.け-・-つ.け…(11)

adhere・attach・refer to・append

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