► 助動詞
らしい [(2)らしい] meaning: indirect speech rank: 1
☆ あそこのラーメンは美味いらしい ⇨ I heard their ramens are pretty good (☛ Low in certainty)
☆ 彼は来れないらしい ⇨ I heard he won’t make it (☛ Low in certainty)
☆ 彼女は病気らしい ⇨ I heard she has been sick (☛ Low in certainty)
らしい [(2)らしい] meaning: seem rank: 1
☆ 噂は本当らしい ⇨ The rumor seems to be true (☛ Speculate based on second-hand information)
☆ (☛ Speculate based on second-hand information)
► 接尾辞
らしい [(2)らしい] meaning: characteristic rank: 2
☆ うちの親は親らしいことは何一つしなかった ⇨ My parents didn’t do anything what parents are supposed to do (☛ Have the qualities, usually good, typically associated with someone or something)
☆ 私は男らしい人が好きだ ⇨ I like manly men (☛ Have the qualities, usually good, typically associated with someone or something)
More examples:
- 彼女は素晴らしい歌唱で観客を沸かした ⇨ She stirred the audience with great singing performance
- オヤジにいやらしい目で見られた ⇨ An old man gave me a dirty look
- 彼女は素晴らしい歌唱で観客を沸かせた ⇨ She stirred the audience with great performance
- 彼女は大人しそうな顔をして大変な好き者らしい ⇨ I heard she really loves sex even though she looks very demure
- 欧米では男らしい男は女が当然好きなので、日本の硬派と軟派という概念は理解されない ⇨ In the west, manly men naturally like women, so the ideas of Japanese “hard men” and “soft men” will not be understood
- 人間とは本当に素晴らしい生き物だ ⇨ What wonderful animals humans are
- いくら上等でも寿司に一万円も出すのは馬鹿らしい ⇨ I think it is stupid to pay, spend, ¥10K for sushi, even if it is the highest grade
- あそこの息子さんが病気で大変な事になったらしい ⇨ I heard their son has been in a serious condition with some disease
- 億万長者の球団オーナーが更に儲けるために税金で野球場をつくるなんて実にバカらしい ⇨ It is really stupid to build a stadium with tax money so that a billionaire owner can make more money
- 彼のお父さんが危篤らしい ⇨ I heard his father is in critical condition
- 今考えてみれば随分馬鹿らしい ⇨ I think about it now and then it feels pretty stupid
- いつもは反抗的な彼女が今日は妙にしおらしい ⇨ She is usually rebellious but strangely obedient today
- こんな安物にそんな大金を払うなんてバカらしい ⇨ It is ludicrous to pay that much money for cheap crap like this
- 彼は貧乏ったらしい格好をしている ⇨ He is dressing really cheap. He looks like a poor person
- 女らしいという観念は時代と共に変わっている ⇨ The idea of being feminine, ideal woman, has been changing with the times