Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 似たり寄ったり(にたりよったり) in Japanese

似たり寄ったり, 似たりよったり
Kana Reading
にたりよったり
Romaji
nitariyottari
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    much the same
    Example sentence
    彼らの言いわけどれも似たりよったりだった Their excuses were all alike.

Examples of 似たり寄ったり, 似たりよったり, にたりよったり in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 3

7 strokes

becoming, resemble, counterfeit, imitate, suitable

On'Yomi: ジ

Kun'Yomi: に.る, ひ.る

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JLPT 3

11 strokes

draw near, stop in, bring near, gather, collect, send, forward

On'Yomi: キ

Kun'Yomi: よ.る, -よ.り, よ.せる

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