みたいに / みたいな | Grammar

Structure

[noun] + みたいに + [verb] [noun] + みたいな + [noun] [verb (plain)] + みたいに + [verb] [verb (plain)] + みたいな + [noun]

Description

みたいに and みたいな mean "like", "as if". みたいに goes before a verb or adjective and says how something is done; みたいな goes before a noun and says what kind of thing it is. Both follow a noun directly, or a verb in the plain form, and both are conversational.

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I cried like a child.

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He walks quietly, like a cat.

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That sounds like a dream.

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I want to be a kind person like my mother.

× 子供のみたいに → 子供みたいに

After a verb, the picture is "as if": what is going on looks like something that isn't.

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He was laughing as if nothing had happened.

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It was so quiet, as if time had stopped.

みたいな for an example

みたいな also gives an example of a kind: "something like", "such as". It is not a comparison here; the thing named is one of the kind.

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I want something warm, like ramen.

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People like Tanaka are rare.

みたいに or ように

and mean the same and are the forms for writing and careful speech. They take の after a noun: against .

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She is as beautiful as a model.

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She is as beautiful as a model.

Written or formal.

Examples

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He walks quietly like a cat.

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I want to become a kind person like my mother.

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I don't like hot days like yesterday.

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It's a true story that sounds like a lie.

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You can sing skillfully like a pro!

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He was laughing as if nothing had happened.

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I don't want to become like that person.

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It's hot like summer today, isn't it?

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You have skin like a baby's.

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It was quiet as if time had stopped.

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She is beautiful like a model.

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I found a stylish café that looks like something from a foreign country.

References

Similarityimabi.org