be hazy, grow dim, blurred

17 strokesFrequency 1,603JLPT N1Grade 9

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かすみかす.む

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すむ霞む翳むIntransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #9963
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Esp. 霞む

to become misty; to become hazy

Examples
空はどんよりとした冬の陰にかすんでいる
The sky is a hazy shade of winter.
2

Esp. 翳む

to get blurry; to grow dim

Examples
彼の目は年のせいでかすんでいる
His eyes are dim with age.
3

Esp. 霞む

to be overshadowed; to be upstaged; to be outshone

すみ翳みNounUsually kanaFreq #10557
1

霞 only

haze (esp. in spring); mist

2

Esp. 翳み,翳

dimness (of sight)

目が霞む目がかすむ目が翳むめがかすむExpressionGodan verbFreq #61938
1

to get blurry vision; to get bleary eyes; to get dim eyesight

霞ヶ関霞が関霞ケ関かすみがせきNounFreq #65299
1

Kasumigaseki; district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located

2

Metonymy

government ministries (of Japan); Japanese government bureaucracy

雲霞んかもかすみFreq #65617
1

Common noun

clouds and haze

2

Common noun

swarm (of people); throng; drove

3

くもかすみ only; Adverb (fukushi)

(flee) like the wind; (run) out of sight

春霞るがすみNounFreq #66552
1

springtime haze

雲霞のごとく雲霞の如くうんかのごとくAdverbExpressionFreq #93333
1

in swarms; in throngs; in droves; in hordes

すみそうかすみ草霞草カスミソウNounUsually kanaFreq #110678
1

common gypsophila (Gypsophila elegans); baby's breath; babies' breath; soaproot

遠くに霞むとおくにかすむExpressionGodan verbFreq #122710
1

to loom in the distance

花霞花がすみはながすみNounFreq #135498
1

hazy curtain of flowers; cherry blossoms appearing from afar like white mist

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