Definition: 意味
to be similar
Learn Japanese vocabulary: 似る 【にる】(niru).
Meaning:
- to resemble; to look like; to take after
- to be similar (in status, condition, etc.); to be close; to be alike; to be like
Type: Verb, Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb
Level: JLPT N4 Vocabulary
似る - Example Sentences 例文
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Example #1
彼と僕はにてるのだろうか。
かれとぼくはにてるのだろうか。
kare to boku wa niteru no darou ka.
I wonder if he and I are alike.
Example #2
このゲームはトランプと似てると思います。
このゲームはトランプとにてるとおもいます。
kono geemu wa toranpu to niteru to omoimasu.
I think that this game is similar to playing cards.
Example #3
私とあなたは似てると思いませんか。
わたしとあなたはにてるとおもいませんか。
watashi to anata wa niteru to omoimasen ka.
Don't you think that you look like me?
Example #4
私はよくシンガポール人に似てると言われます。
わたしはよくシンガポールじんににてるといわれます。
watashi wa yoku shingapooru jin ni niteru to iwaremasu.
I am often told that I look like a Singaporean.
Example #5
その赤ちゃんは本当に父親に似てる。
そのあかちゃんはほんとうにちちおやににてる。
sono akachan wa hontou ni chichioya ni niteru.
The baby really takes after its father.
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