Moto 似: Becoming; Resemble; CounterfeitKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ジ
- Kun'yomi
- に(る)、ひ(る)
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 5
- Words
- 137 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ジ)
- 類似るいじresemblance; similarity
- 疑似ぎじpseudo; quasi
- 酷似こくじresembling closely; being strikingly similar
- 相似そうじresemblance; likeness
- 相似形そうじけいsimilar figures (in geometry)
- 似我蜂じがばちred-banded sand wasp (Ammophila sabulosa)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 似顔にがおportrait; likeness
- 似通うにかようto resemble closely
- 不似合いふにあいunbecoming; improper
- 似せるにせるto copy; to imitate
- 似つかわしいにつかわしいsuitable; appropriate
- 似るにるto resemble; to look like
- 似合いにあいwell-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming
- 似合うにあうto suit; to match
- 似合わしいにあわしいwell-matched; suitable
- 似顔絵にがおえportrait; likeness
- お似合おにあいwell-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming
- お似合いおにあいwell-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming
- そら似そらにaccidental resemblance
- に似てににてsimilar to; like
- 不似合ふにあいunbecoming; improper
- 人似猿ひとにざるanthropoid ape; anthropoid
- 他人のそら似たにんのそらにaccidental resemblance
- 他人の空似たにんのそらにaccidental resemblance
- 似にlooking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
- 似あうにあうto suit; to match
- 似たもの同士にたものどうしtwo people alike; two of a kind
- 似たりにたりfake; copy
- 似たりよったりにたりよったりmuch the same
- 似たり寄ったりにたりよったりmuch the same
- 似た者にたものsimilar people
- 似た者同士にたものどうしtwo people alike; two of a kind
- 似た者夫婦にたものふうふlike man, like wife; like marries like
- 似つくにつくto closely resemble
- 似ても似つかないにてもにつかないquite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance
- 似て非なるにてひなるfalsely similar; counterfeit
- 似付かわしいにつかわしいsuitable; appropriate
- 似付くにつくto closely resemble
- 似寄りによりsimilarity
- 似寄るによるto resemble
- 似気ないにげないunlike; unbecoming
- 似気無いにげないunlike; unbecoming
- 似義須にぎすdeepsea smelt (Glossanodon semifasciatus)
Other readings
- 真似まねimitating; copying
- 真似るまねるto mimic; to imitate
- みよう見真似みようみまねlearning by watching others; learning by imitation
- 下手な考え休むに似たりへたなかんがえやすむににたりIt's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; They to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep
- 下手の考え休むに似たりへたのかんがえやすむににたりIt's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; They to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep
- 人真似ひとまねmimicry; imitation
- 似たり貝ニタリがいKorean mussel (Mytilus coruscus)
- 似五郎鮒にごろぶなCarassius auratus grandoculis (subspecies of goldfish)
- 似合しいにあわしいwell-matched; suitable
- 似而非えせfalse; pseudo-
- 似非えせfalse; pseudo-
- 似非インテリえせインテリpseudo-intellectual
- 似非事えせごとlaughable affair; unlaudable affair
- 似非学者えせがくしゃpseudo-scholar; fake scholar
- 似非理屈えせりくつsophistry
- 似非科学えせかがくpseudoscience
- 似非笑いえせわらいsmirk; affected smile
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