擬

Meaning

擬 centers on creating a likeness or representation: mimicking, imitating, or aiming at something as a target. The nomination sense extends this idea of putting someone forward as a candidate, like pointing at them.

• 擬人ぎじん

  simulation of a person

• 模擬もぎ

  imitation

• 擬きもどき

  -like; pseudo-; mock ...; imitation ...; in the style of ...

• 擬態ぎたい

  mimicry; mimesis; camouflage

• 擬音ぎおん

  imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect

• 擬ぎ

  pseudo-; quasi-

• 擬態語ぎたいご

  phenomime; mimetic word; word that mimics an action, condition, or manner that does not make a sound (e.g. "damp", "calmly")

• 擬古ぎこ

  imitation of classical styles

• 擬闘ぎとう

  stage combat; staged fighting; fight choreography

• 擬制ぎせい

  (legal) fiction

• 擬宝珠ぎぼし

  ornamental railing top; bridge railing-post knob

• 模擬試験もぎしけん
  N1

  mock exam; practice exam; practice test

• 模擬店もぎてん

  refreshment booth; refreshment stand; snack bar

• サフラン擬サフランもどき

  zephyr lily

• トイレ用擬音装置トイレようぎおんそうち

  toilet device that plays a melody or flushing sound

• 人擬きひともどき

  pseudo-human

• 大葉擬宝珠おおばぎぼうし

  Hosta montana (species of plantain lily)

• 大黒椋鳥擬おおくろむくどりもどき

  common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)

• 太平洋赤坊擬たいへいようあかぼうもどき

  Longman's beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus); Indo-Pacific beaked whale; tropical bottlenose whale

• 小葉擬宝珠こばぎぼうし

  Hosta sieboldii (species of plantain lily)

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