JLPT N3 · Noun / suru verb

真似 (mane)

真似 (まね, mane) is a Japanese noun / suru verb meaning “imitating; copying”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
まね
Romaji
mane
Word class
Noun + する (suru verb)
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. imitating; copying; mimicry · noun, suru verb, transitive, intransitive
  2. behavior; behaviour; action; conduct · noun, suru verb, transitive, intransitive

Example sentences

その少年は馬鹿なまねをした。
The boy made a fool of himself.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 真似

Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary真似するまねする manesuru
Polite (~masu)真似しますまねします maneshimasu
Negative真似しないまねしない maneshinai
Polite negative真似しませんまねしません maneshimasen
Past真似したまねした maneshita
Polite past真似しましたまねしました maneshimashita
Negative past真似しなかったまねしなかった maneshinakatta
Te-form真似してまねして maneshite
Potential真似できるまねできる manedekiru
Passive真似されるまねされる manesareru
Causative真似させるまねさせる manesaseru
Volitional真似しようまねしよう maneshiyou
Imperative真似しろまねしろ maneshiro
Conditional (~ba)真似すればまねすれば manesureba

Kanji in 真似

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 真似.

Source: JMdict entry 1363740 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.