Definition of しみ
- (n) stain; spot; smudge; blot; smear; blotch
しみをこすり落とすことができなかった。
I couldn't scrub the stain out. - spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration; freckle
- (n) true bristletail (any insect of order Thysanura, esp. of family Lepismatidae)
- oriental silverfish (Ctenolepisma villosa)
- someone who is unable to apply what they have read