~まみれ

~まみれ · ~mamire · JLPT N1 · noun

covered with

🍯 まみれ = smeared-all-over; think 'mire' as in mud: you're stuck in it, all over.

~まみれ attaches to a noun to mean covered in it, drenched or smeared with it: 血まみれ (covered in blood), 泥まみれ (caked in mud). The root 塗れ comes from 'to smear', so the sense is messy, thick coverage.

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