N3Pattern 9
〜気味
Formula:
N/V-ます
Examples & key points
ちょっと風邪気味です。
Chotto kazegimi desu.
I am coming down with something.
気味 is a slight touch of something, and almost only of bad things
電車が遅れ気味です。
Densha ga okuregimi desu.
The trains are running a little late.
On a verb stem it says slightly tending that way
少し太り気味なので、運動しています。
Sukoshi futorigimi na node, undō shite imasu.
I have put on a little, so I am exercising.
About yourself it is gentler than saying it flat out
