I Love Kanji似通う (nikayou)
似通う (にかよう, nikayou) is a Japanese verb meaning “to resemble closely”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- にかよう
- Romaji
- nikayou
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to resemble closely · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 似通う
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 似通う | にかよう nikayou |
| Polite (~masu) | 似通います | にかよいます nikayoimasu |
| Negative | 似通わない | にかよわない nikayowanai |
| Polite negative | 似通いません | にかよいません nikayoimasen |
| Past | 似通った | にかよった nikayotta |
| Polite past | 似通いました | にかよいました nikayoimashita |
| Negative past | 似通わなかった | にかよわなかった nikayowanakatta |
| Te-form | 似通って | にかよって nikayotte |
| Potential | 似通える | にかよえる nikayoeru |
| Passive | 似通われる | にかよわれる nikayowareru |
| Causative | 似通わせる | にかよわせる nikayowaseru |
| Volitional | 似通おう | にかよおう nikayoou |
| Imperative | 似通え | にかよえ nikayoe |
| Conditional (~ba) | 似通えば | にかよえば nikayoeba |
Kanji in 似通う
似
becoming, resemble, counterfeitジ・に.る・ひ.る · 7 strokes通
traffic, pass through, avenueツウ・ツ・とお.る・とお.り · 10 strokesRelated words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 似通う.
似るにるto resemble真似まねimitating似合うにあうto suit真似るまねるto mimic類似るいじresemblance通るとおるto go by通うかようto go to and from (a place)交通こうつうtraffic通りとおりstreet普通ふつうnormal共通きょうつうcommon通過つうかpassing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.)通貨つうかcurrency通学つうがくcommuting to school
Source: JMdict entry 1314700 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.