Frequency rank: 1,374.
    suffix; adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
  1. does not seem; unlikely; improbableword usually written using kana alone
Forms
  • Frequency rank: 1,374.
  • なさそうFrequency rank: 5,791. – 5,795.
Generated definitions (experimental)
  1. does not seem; unlikely; improbable
  2. This meaning is used to express doubt or a lack of expectation about something happening. It suggests that the speaker believes a particular outcome is unlikely or improbable.
    That doesn't seem to be the case.
    It doesn't seem likely that it will rain tomorrow.
Generated collocations (experimental)
does not seem to existit's unlikely (to happen)I have a feeling it is unlikelyせいseems to have no possibilitythat kind of thing seems unlikelyit seems unlikely even if I ask himseems to have no answerseems to lack a reason