亜あ流りゅう

noun

inferior imitator; copycat; poor imitation

Used for a person or work that merely copies an original without matching its quality. Often carries a negative or dismissive tone.

• 彼かれの作さく品ひんは巨きょ匠しょうの亜あ流りゅうに過すぎない。

  His work is nothing more than a poor imitation of the master's.

• あのバンドは有ゆう名めいなグループの亜あ流りゅうだと言いわれている。

  That band is said to be a copycat of a famous group.

noun

follower; adherent; person of the same school

Refers to someone who belongs to the same school of thought, artistic tradition, or academic lineage, without the negative connotation of sense 1. Less common than the imitator sense.

• 彼かれは陽よう明めい学がくの亜あ流りゅうとして知しられている。

  He is known as a follower of the Yangming school of thought.

• その画が家かは印いん象しょう派はの亜あ流りゅうに位い置ちづけられる。

  That painter is positioned as an adherent of the Impressionist school.