真似

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
真 似
ま
Grade: 3 		に > ね
Grade: 5
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
眞似 (kyūjitai)
マネ
See also 真似る

Pronunciation

Noun

真(ま)似(ね) or 真似(マネ) • (mane) 

  1. imitation
  2. mocking

Derived terms

Verb

真(ま)似(ね)する or 真似(マネ)する • (mane suru) suru (stem 真(ま)似(ね)し (mane shi), past 真(ま)似(ね)した (mane shita))

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to imitate
  2. to mock

Conjugation

Conjugation of "真似する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 真似し まねし mane shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 真似し まねし mane shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 真似する まねする mane suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 真似する まねする mane suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 真似すれ まねすれ mane sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 真似せよ¹
真似しろ² 		まねせよ¹
まねしろ² 		mane seyo¹
mane shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 真似される まねされる mane sareru
Causative 真似させる
真似さす 		まねさせる
まねさす 		mane saseru
mane sasu
Potential 真似できる まねできる mane dekiru
Volitional 真似しよう まねしよう mane shiyō
Negative 真似しない まねしない mane shinai
Negative continuative 真似せず まねせず mane sezu
Formal 真似します まねします mane shimasu
Perfective 真似した まねした mane shita
Conjunctive 真似して まねして mane shite
Hypothetical conditional 真似すれば まねすれば mane sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

(to imitate):

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