1. -ness (as in "sweetness"); -th (as in "warmth"); a touch of; a tinge of
after an adjective stem; nominalizing suffix indicating a quality or feeling; also written with the ateji 味
2. place
after an adjective stem; nominalizing suffix
3. alternating between ... and ...; sometimes ... and sometimes ...
as ...み...み; after the -masu stems of verbs with opposite meanings or after the -masu stem and -zu form of the same verb