======= Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 12:48:24 +1000 (EST) (subtype) new (headw1) 気違い染みる (headw2) 気違いじみる (headw3) 気狂い染みる (headw4) 気狂いじみる (kana1) きちがいじみた (pos) verb (english1) to go mad (reference) 気狂いじみた shows up in the Japanese translation of Vonnegut's "Mother Night". You have the related phrase 気違い染みている in EDICT, but the substitution of 狂 for 違 is reasonably common, as is using kana for 染み. (name) Kevin Wayne Williams