covered in; smeared with

まみれ means covered all over with an unpleasant substance. Attach it to a noun (泥, 汗, 血, 借金). It is similar to だらけ but limited to things that physically stick to a surface, or figuratively to debt.

Examples

• 汗あせまみれになって働はたらいた。

  Ase mamire ni natte hataraita.

  I worked until I was drenched in sweat.

• 彼かれは借金しゃっきんまみれの生活せいかつを送おくっていた。

  Kare wa shakkin mamire no seikatsu o okutte ita.

  He led a life mired in debt.

Vocabulary in these examples

• なる to become
• 働く to work
• 彼 he, him
• 生活 daily life, living
• 送る to send, to see someone off
• いる to exist (animate); to be

Related patterns · Manner and accompaniment

• 〜ながらに while; as it is (unchanged state)
• 〜かたわら while also; on the side
• 〜がてら while; on the way to; combining with
• 〜ずくめ entirely; full of; all (the same)
• 〜めく to show signs of; to become -like