しみる

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of しみる – see the following entries.
染みる
[verb] to soak in, to soak into
[verb] (of the cold) to pierce, (of the cold) to bite; (of a part of the body) to ache, to sting
Alternative spellings
沁みる, 滲みる, 浸みる, 泌みる
凍みる
[verb] to freeze
(This term, しみる (shimiru), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)