JLPT N3 · Verb

似合う (niau)

似合う (にあう, niau) is a Japanese verb meaning “to suit; to match”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
にあう
Romaji
niau
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to suit; to match; to become; to be like · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

あのドレスは彼女によく似合う。
That dress really becomes her.

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

Conjugation of 似合う

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary似合うにあう niau
Polite (~masu)似合いますにあいます niaimasu
Negative似合わないにあわない niawanai
Polite negative似合いませんにあいません niaimasen
Past似合ったにあった niatta
Polite past似合いましたにあいました niaimashita
Negative past似合わなかったにあわなかった niawanakatta
Te-form似合ってにあって niatte
Potential似合えるにあえる niaeru
Passive似合われるにあわれる niawareru
Causative似合わせるにあわせる niawaseru
Volitional似合おうにあおう niaou
Imperative似合えにあえ niae
Conditional (~ba)似合えばにあえば niaeba

Kanji in 似合う

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 似合う.

Source: JMdict entry 1314680 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.