I Love Kanji真似る (maneru)
真似る (まねる, maneru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to mimic; to imitate”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- まねる
- Romaji
- maneru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to mimic; to imitate · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 真似る
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 真似る | まねる maneru |
| Polite (~masu) | 真似ます | まねます manemasu |
| Negative | 真似ない | まねない manenai |
| Polite negative | 真似ません | まねません manemasen |
| Past | 真似た | まねた maneta |
| Polite past | 真似ました | まねました manemashita |
| Negative past | 真似なかった | まねなかった manenakatta |
| Te-form | 真似て | まねて manete |
| Potential | 真似られる | まねられる manerareru |
| Passive | 真似られる | まねられる manerareru |
| Causative | 真似させる | まねさせる manesaseru |
| Volitional | 真似よう | まねよう maneyou |
| Imperative | 真似ろ | まねろ manero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 真似れば | まねれば manereba |
Kanji in 真似る
真
true, reality, Buddhist sectシン・ま・ま- · 10 strokes似
becoming, resemble, counterfeitジ・に.る・ひ.る · 7 strokesRelated words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 真似る.
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Source: JMdict entry 1363760 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.