Word Meaning 地味

メアリーの服、地味ね。

Mary's clothes are understated.

メアリー、地味な服着てるね。

Mary is wearing conservative clothes.

大学生のときに地味に始める年金納付。

Around the time you go to college, you start having to pay contributions to the National Pension.

僕的にはもっと地味ってか渋い服が欲しいんですけどね。

For my tastes, I'd prefer plainer, or rather, more tasteful clothing.

就職の面接には派手なネクタイよりも地味なネクタイの方が好ましい。

A conservative tie is preferable to a loud one for a job interview.

自分の例文を見返してどの言語に翻訳されてるか確認するのが地味に好きです。

I kind of like looking back at my sentences to check which languages they were translated into.

できちゃった婚のため身内と大学の友人2人しかよばない地味婚にするそうです。

It seems as it was a shot-gun wedding so they're having a quiet wedding with only family and a couple of friends from university invited.

車を降りたのは、一目でパリからの客とわかりはしましたが、どっちかといえば地味なつくりをした、二十二三の女でした。 女は一人でした。

The person who descended from the coach was a woman of about 22 or 23 with, if I had to say, a plain appearance. At a glance, I knew that she was a guest coming from Paris. She was alone.