似に

Meanings

Suffix attached to a noun (often a person's name or a family member term) to mean 'resembling' or 'taking after' that person. Common in everyday speech.

彼かれはお父とうさん似にだ。
He takes after his father.
この子こは母はは親おや似にの顔かお立だちをしている。
This child has features that resemble her mother.

Expressions· 8

に似にてsimilar to; like
似にた者ものsimilar people; birds of a feather
物ものに似にずincomparable; unlike anything else
似にた者もの夫ふう婦ふmarried couple with similar tastes or personalities · like husband, like wife
似にたもの同どう士しtwo of a kind; birds of a feather; two people alike

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似にても似につかぬquite unlike; bearing no resemblance
似にても似につかないquite unlike; bearing no resemblance
親おやに似にぬ子こは鬼おに子ごlike father, like son; a child who does not resemble their parents is a changeling

Kanji

似becoming, resemble, counterfeit

Related words

似にる
似 is a suffix form of the verb 似る (to resemble). 似 is attached directly to a noun, while 似る is used as a predicate.

Word family· 26

似にるN4
resemble; look like; be similar
似に合あうN4
suit; look good on; match well with
お似に合あい
well-matched; becoming; suitable
似に合あいN1
well-matched; suitable; becoming
似につかわしい
suitable; appropriate; fitting

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似にせるN1
copy; imitate; counterfeit; forge
似に顔がお
portrait; likeness; caricature
似に通かようN1
resemble closely; be very similar
似に姿すがた
effigy; likeness; portrait; statue
似絵にせえ
nise-e; Kamakura-period portrait style
ニゴイ
Hemibarbus barbus; a species of cyprinid fish
ニギス
deepsea smelt
極ごく似に
strikingly similar; bearing a strong resemblance
激げき似に
striking resemblance; dead ringer
空そら似に
accidental resemblance
ヒトニザル
anthropoid ape; ape
似にたり
fake; copy; imitation · barge; lighter

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Etymology

Suffix derived from the verb 似る (にる, 'to resemble').