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〜みたい(だ)

Seems like/is similar

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〜みたい(だ)

Seems like/is similar

About

~みたいだ ("it seems like/looks like...") is casual and indicates a well-informed observation with some amount of reasoning on the part of the speaker. The final だ can become です in polite situations, or be dropped altogether.

~みたいだ can also be used to create comparisons between two things.

E.g. やばいこのかぜ台風たいふうみたいだ!"This wind is crazy. It's like a typhoon!"

~みたいだ can be directly attached to verbs, い-adjectives, な-adjectives, and nouns.

    Summary

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    ~みたいだ ("it seems/looks like...") is a casual observational marker

  • b

    ~みたいだ can be used to create comparisons between two things

Example Sentences

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