似る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
似
に
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "似る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		似る にる
Imperative (命令形) 似ろ にろ
Key constructions
Passive 似られる にられる
Causative 似させる にさせる
Potential - - -
Volitional 似よう によ​ー
Negative 似ない にない
Negative perfective 似なかった にな​かった
Formal 似ます にま​す
Perfective 似た にた
Conjunctive 似て にて
Hypothetical conditional 似れば にれ​ば

Verb

似(に)る • (niru) intransitive ichidan (stem 似(に) (ni), past 似(に)た (nita))

Japanese verb pair
active 似せる
mediopassive 似る
  1. to resemble, look like
    あの人(ひと)は、昔(むかし)の彼(かれ)氏(し)に似(に)ている。
    Ano hito wa, mukashi no kareshi ni niteiru.
    That man looks like my ex-boyfriend.
  2. to be similar to

Conjugation

Conjugation of "似る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 似 に ni
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 似 に ni
Shūshikei ("terminal") 似る にる niru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 似る にる niru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 似れ にれ nire
Meireikei ("imperative") 似よ¹
似ろ² 		によ¹
にろ² 		niyo¹
niro²
Key constructions
Passive 似られる にられる nirareru
Causative 似させる
似さす 		にさせる
にさす 		nisaseru
nisasu
Potential 似られる
似れる³ 		にられる
にれる³ 		nirareru
nireru³
Volitional 似よう によう niyō
Negative 似ない
似ぬ
似ん 		にない
にぬ
にん 		ninai
ninu
nin
Negative continuative 似ず にず nizu
Formal 似ます にます nimasu
Perfective 似た にた nita
Conjunctive 似て にて nite
Hypothetical conditional 似れば にれば nireba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential
Classical conjugation of "似る" (ナ行上一段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 似 に ni
Continuative (連用形) 似 に ni
Terminal (終止形) 似る にる niru
Attributive (連体形) 似る にる niru
Realis (已然形) 似れ にれ nire
Imperative (命令形) 似よ によ niyo
Key constructions
Negative 似ず にず nizu
Contrasting conjunction 似れど にれど niredo
Causal conjunction 似れば にれば nireba
Conditional conjunction 似ば にば niba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 似き にき niki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 似けり にけり nikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 似つ につ nitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 似ぬ にぬ ninu
Perfect-continuative tense 似たり にたり nitari
Volitional 似む にむ nimu

References

  1. ^ Uwano, Zendo (2002 October 31) “見島方言の用言のアクセント調査報告 [A Report on the Accentual Surveys of Verbs and Adjectives in the Mishima Dialect]”, in 環太平洋の「消滅に瀕した言語」にかんする緊急調査研究‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 25 September 2022
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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