もどき

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
擬き

抵牾
牴牾

Pronunciation

Noun

もどき (modoki

  1. 擬き: fake, imitation, mimicry

Suffix

もどき (-modoki

  1. 擬き, : lookalike; similar

Derived terms

Verb

もどき (modoki

  1. 擬き: stem or continuative form of もどく (modoku)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN