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In one of my study flashcards, I have this sentence:

> 疲{つか}れぎみだけど生{い}きてます。

Which should translate to something like, "[He] appears worn out but [he's]
still kicking."

The main point is that in this instance, my understanding is that `ぎみ` means
"appears to," or, "looks like."

This card just came up in the rotation, and I remembered seeing [this
question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/3270/what-is-the-
difference-
between-%E3%80%9C%E3%81%8C%E3%82%8B-and-%E3%80%9C%E3%81%8C%E3%81%A3%E3%81%A6%E3%81%84%E3%82%8B),
where it is explained that `がる` also means something similar.

So similar, that I'm wondering what exactly is the difference between `がる` and
`ぎみ`?

Obviously one difference is that `がる` can be modified ("conjugated"?) like a
verb (maybe it is a verb of some kind?) to become `がっている`, and `ぎみ` doesn't
look like it can be modified in any way that I'm aware of. So there almost
certainly a difference in grammatical usage.

The definitions still seem to be pretty much the same though.

Can someone explain if they have different implications in meaning, and in
what situations one would apply and the other couldn't?
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What is the difference between がる and ぎみ?
No, ぎみ、まみれ and だらけ are roughly words to say "full of something".

I translate your sentence like `tiredness got me, but I'm not dead yet.`

疲れぎみ、 風邪ぎみ and friends would translate to "suffering from exhaustion" "having
the symptoms of a cold" or something like that. It's not about appeareance, it
really is the state of the persion.

For nuances in usage of the three words I gave above, any JLPT book for levels
1-2 will give you samples (or you can ask again)
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Honestly speaking, I do not find the suffixes がる and [気味]{ぎみ} anything similar
to each other. This may mean that my explanation is not going to help you
resolve your confusion, but anyway here is my attempt.

The two suffixes have different grammatical roles and different meanings.

がる is attached to the stem of an i-adjective or a word which conjugates like
an i-adjective, and forms a verb. It adds the meaning “to act showing ….”

  * [痛]{いた}い (i-adjective; aching) → [痛]{いた}がる (verb; to act showing an ache)

気味 ([Progressive Waei Chu
Jiten](http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF-8&p=%E6%B0%97%E5%91%B3&dtype=3&dname=2na&stype=1&index=01020900&pagenum=1),
[New Century Waei
Jiten](http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF-8&p=%E6%B0%97%E5%91%B3&dtype=3&dname=2ss&stype=1&index=054080&pagenum=1))
is attached to a noun or the 連用形 form of a verb, and forms a noun. It adds the
meaning “having the tendency of …” or “being slight ….”

  * [疲]{つか}れる (verb; to be tired) → [疲]{つか}れ[気味]{ぎみ} (noun; slight feeling of tiredness)  
Example: [最近]{さいきん}疲れ気味だ。 I am a little tired these days.

  * [風邪]{かぜ} (noun; a cold) → [風邪気味]{かぜぎみ} (noun; slight feeling of a cold)  
Example: 風邪気味だ have a touch of a cold
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You can't use 「がる」in the following context:

「風邪気味だ」= "I feel like I'm getting a cold" (The situation appears as if
someone's getting a cold.)

You can't use 「気味」in the following context: 「なにか甘いもの食べたがっている」 = "He looks like
he wants something sweet" (The situation appears as if somebody wants
something sweet to eat.)

The speaker can use both phrases to express the idea of "the appearance of
something", but 「気味」is used to talk about state or feeling whereas 「がる」is used
to express the desire to do something.
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