似る (niru)
似る (にる, niru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to resemble; to look like”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- にる
- Romaji
- niru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar · ichidan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 似る
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 似る | にる niru |
| Polite (~masu) | 似ます | にます nimasu |
| Negative | 似ない | にない ninai |
| Polite negative | 似ません | にません nimasen |
| Past | 似た | にた nita |
| Polite past | 似ました | にました nimashita |
| Negative past | 似なかった | になかった ninakatta |
| Te-form | 似て | にて nite |
| Potential | 似られる | にられる nirareru |
| Passive | 似られる | にられる nirareru |
| Causative | 似させる | にさせる nisaseru |
| Volitional | 似よう | によう niyou |
| Imperative | 似ろ | にろ niro |
| Conditional (~ba) | 似れば | にれば nireba |
Kanji in 似る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 似る.
Source: JMdict entry 1314600 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.