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似る

JLPT N4 · Vocabulary

似る — “to resemble, to look alike”

似る (read にる) means to resemble, to look alike. It appears on the JLPT N4 vocabulary list and is a verb.

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にる

Meaning

to resemble, to look alike

似る in a sentence

娘むすめは母ははによく似にています。

The daughter closely resembles her mother.

The kanji in 似る

似similar, resembling

Words that share a kanji with 似る

似合うにあう— to suit, to look good on, to match
真似まね— imitation, mimicry
真似るまねる— to imitate, to mimic, to copy

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