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真似 (まね, mane) Japanese meaning: imitation | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 5,000 Conjugation 真似する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 真似まね する 真似まね しない Polite 真似まね します 真似まね しません Past polite 真似まね しました 真似まね しませんでした Past 真似まね した 真似まね しなかった Te-form 真似まね して 真似まね しないで Desire 真似まね したい 真似まね したくない Potential 真似まね できる 真似まね できない Passive 真似まね される 真似まね されない Causative 真似まね させる 真似まね させない Causative passive 真似まね させられる 真似まね させられない Volitional 真似まね しよう Polite volitional 真似まね しましょう Imperative 真似まね しろ 真似まね するな Conditional 真似まね すれば 真似まね しなければ Tara conditional 真似まね したら 真似まね しなかったら
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先せん
生せい
の
真似まね
を
する
の
が
上手じょうず
だ
。
He is good at imitating the teacher.
Children learn words by imitating their parents.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと〉 〉 の 真似まね をする to imitate someone (their speech, gestures, or style)
He imitated the teacher and made the class laugh.
〈 形容詞けいようし〉 〉 な 真似まね をする to do some (foolish/dangerous/etc.) kind of thing
Stop doing such dangerous things.
真似まね が 上手じょうず だ to be good at imitating (someone/something)
She's very good at imitating animal sounds.
Expressions 馬ば 鹿か な 真似まね tomfoolery; monkey business; stupid act Kanji 真 true, reality, Buddhist sect 似 becoming, resemble, counterfeit Related words 模倣 is a formal, often academic word for imitation, while 真似 is the everyday, casual term for copying someone's speech or manner.
行動 is a neutral word for behavior or action, whereas 真似 in its 'behavior' sense usually implies something foolish or improper.
真似 is a general word for imitation or copying of any action, while 物まね specifically means imitating a person's voice or mannerisms for entertainment.
真似 focuses on copying or mimicking someone's actions, whereas ごっこ implies an ongoing, rule-based pretend game acted out with others.
Word family· 10 imitation; impersonation; mimicry
imitation; copy; make-believe; sham · superficial resemblance; mere semblance
mimic; imitate; copy
indiscriminate imitation; monkey see, monkey do; blind follower
Written forms 真似まね Usage 57%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
まね Usage 27%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing.
マネ Usage 17%
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling used for emphasis or in casual contexts.
Etymology Derived from the verb 真似る (まねる, to imitate). The kanji 真 (true) and 似 (resemble) suggest 'resembling the real thing'.
mimicking someone's speech; imitating someone's way of speaking
