似る【にる】
Frequency rank: 533.
- to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
Ichidan verb; intransitive verb
Forms
- 似る【にる】Frequency rank: 533.
- にるFrequency rank: 6,195. – 6,200.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
This meaning is used to indicate that one person or thing resembles another in appearance or nature, highlighting similarities between them.
Generated collocations (experimental)
にる似るきごう(にるきごう)to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take afterにている似ているto be similarにた似たようなsimilar kind ofにている似ているやつsomeone who looks similar; a similar personにたものどうし似た者同士きごう(にたものどうしきごう)birds of a feather; like attracts likeにせる似せるきごう(にせるきごう)to imitate; to copyにる似ることがあるto have similarities; to share resemblance
Example sentences
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1. ひとのこえ声ににた似たぶきみ不気味ななきごえ鳴き声、しっこく漆黒のはね羽、しにく死肉をついばむ啄むすがた姿などから、からす鴉はふこう不幸にまいおりる舞い降りるふきつ不吉なとり鳥としてせかい世界にしられています知られています。
A creepy cry that sounds like a human voice, velvet black wings, the image of tearing into dead flesh; crows are known across the world as an ill-omened bird that flies down with ill-luck.
The shirt she apparently seriously thought suited me I turned down and decided to accept a light blue polo shirt.
Rather than coming to resemble each other, it feels like they are birds of a feather.
I had a nagging feeling that the atmosphere resembled somebody and, now that you mention it, yes, you're right. Certainly ZZ TOP had this kind of feel.
"Don't look alike do you?" "That's because we're fraternal twins."
Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs.
The shape of an egg is like the shape of a naught (0).
Although the names are similar, they are far from being the same.
It was foggy, so it was hard to make out the figures of people walking.
Manga are to the Japanese film industry what bestsellers are to Hollywood.
14. び美というのはやま山のちょうじょう頂上ににている似ているようにわたくし私にはおもわれた思われた。そこについてしまえば着いてしまえば、またおりる下りるいがい以外にはなん何もすることがないのである。
It seemed to me that beauty was like the summit of a mountain peak; when you had reached it there was nothing to do but to come down again.
Her harsh manner of speaking doesn't suit her pretty face.
Because she takes after her younger sister, I cannot tell one from the other.