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Meaning of 似る in Japanese
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似るJLPT 4
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Kana Readingにる
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Romajiniru
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
- Meaning
- to resemble; to look like; to take after
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to be similar (in status, condition, etc.); to be close; to be alike; to be like
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Examples of 似る, にる in a sentence
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ひとの声に似た不気味な鳴き声、漆黒の羽、死肉を啄む姿などから、鴉は不幸に舞い降りる不吉な鳥として世界に知られています。
A creepy cry that sounds like a human voice, velvet black wings, the image of tearing into dead flesh; crows are known across the world as an ill-omened bird that flies down with ill-luck.
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Rather than coming to resemble each other, it feels like they are birds of a feather.
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なんか誰かに雰囲気似てるなあと思ってましたが、言われてみてああそうそうですね。確かにZZ TOPってこういう感じでしたよね。
I had a nagging feeling that the atmosphere resembled somebody and, now that you mention it, yes, you're right. Certainly ZZ TOP had this kind of feel.
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Don't look alike do you? "That's because we're fraternal twins."
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Kazuko really takes after her sister.
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Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 似る
- Plain Polite
- 似ます
- Negative
- 似ない
- Negative Polite
- 似ません
Past
- Plain
- 似た
- Plain Polite
- 似ました
- Negative
- 似なかった
- Negative Polite
- 似ませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 似て
- Plain Polite
- 似まして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 似られる
- Plain Polite
- 似られます
- Negative
- 似られない
- Negative Polite
- 似られません
Related Kanji
7 strokes
becoming, resemble, counterfeit, imitate, suitable
On'Yomi: ジ
Kun'Yomi: に.る, ひ.る