〜じみた (~jimita) — smacking of ~ (negative)

Smacking of something it shouldn't — 子どもじみた, 説教じみた, always in a bad sense.

Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)

N + じみた + N

N + じみている

Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)

When to use it

In a meeting, a forty-year-old colleague sulks to hide his mistake: 'Nobody told me!' Afterwards the others whisper 「子どもじみた言い訳だね」— 'what a childish excuse.'

Meaning

「〜じみた」says something or someone's behaviour smacks of N, with the complaint that it shouldn't — always negative.

How to attach

Attach it as N + じみた + N (説教じみた話), or 「じみている」at the end of a sentence; there is also the verb form 「〜じみる」, but 「じみた」is what you hear most.

Versus what you know

N3「子どもっぽい」is similar but light and casual; 「じみた」is sharper criticism.
「めく」in this lesson (春めく・謎めいた) is neutral, but 「じみた」is only for things that feel off.
N2Nor is it the 「ぶる」, acting on purpose — here the person just comes across that way.

Watch out

The key rule: it joins only a few nouns — 子ども・年寄り・説教・脅迫・言い訳・芝居 — and it is never praise: for great skill don't say 「プロじみた」, say 「プロ並み」.

Examples (उदाहरणहरू)

遅刻の理由が「目覚ましが鳴らなかった」なんて、子どもじみた言い訳だ。

ちこくのりゆうが「めざましがならなかった」なんて、こどもじみたいいわけだ。

Saying you were late because "the alarm didn't go off" — that's a childish excuse.

How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 子ども = a child → we attach 「じみた」 = childish (in a bad sense) → the noun 言い訳 (excuse) comes after → the feeling: "an adult shouldn't say this".

飲み会で、部長の説教じみた話が一時間も続いた。

のみかいで、ぶちょうのせっきょうじみたはなしがいちじかんもつづいた。

At the drinking party, the manager's preachy talk went on for a whole hour.

How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 説教 = a lecture, a telling-off → 「じみた」= like a lecture (annoying) → 話 = talk → 「一時間も」 adds the complaint "far too long".

店に脅迫じみたメッセージを送った男が、警察に逮捕された。

みせにきょうはくじみたメッセージをおくったおとこが、けいさつにたいほされた。

A man who sent a shop a message bordering on a threat was arrested by the police.

How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 脅迫 = a threat → 「じみた」= threat-like → メッセージ = message → 送った男 = the man who sent it → news style: 逮捕された.

Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)

Question: 1/3

「いい年をして、そんな子ども＿＿まねはやめなさい。」— fill the blank.

💡 Hint: A noun (まね) follows.