らしき

suffix, noun-modifying (irregular)

-ish; -like; seeming to be

Attaches to nouns to mean 'looking like', 'appearing to be', or 'having the air of'. Often used in written or slightly formal contexts. Related to らしい (sense 2).

See also: らしい

• 彼かれは学がく者しゃらしき風ふう貌ぼうをしている。

  He has the appearance of a scholar.

• 駅えき前まえに男おとこらしき人ひと影かげが見みえた。

  I saw a figure that looked like a man in front of the station.