► 動詞
似る [(2)にる] meaning: resemble rank: 1
☆ 彼女は母親に似ている ⇨ She resembles her mother
染みる [(2)じみる] meaning: resemble rank: 2
☆ 彼は冗談じみた言い方をした ⇨ He said so with a joke-like tone
☆ 彼は気違いじみた叫び声を上げた ⇨ He screamed as if going insane
似せる [にせる] meaning: resemble rank: 2
☆ 彼女は飼い犬に似せたぬいぐるみを作った ⇨ She made a stuffed animal that modeled after her pet dog
相似 [そうじ] [相似する] meaning: resemble rank: 4
☆ 鳥の翼と昆虫の羽は相似している ⇨ The wings of birds and insects are analogous
似つく [(2)につく] [似ても似つかない] meaning: resemble rank: 4
☆ 彼は父親に似ても似つかない ⇨ He doesn’t look like his father at all
めく [めく] meaning: resemble rank: 4
☆ 彼は冗談めいた言い方をしたが、本当は本気だった ⇨ Even though he made it sound like he was joking, actually he was very serious
類する [(3)るいする] [liter] meaning: resemble rank: 4
☆ これに類した例は幾らでも存在する ⇨ There are numerous examples that resemble this
相同 [そうどう] [相同する] [tech] meaning: resemble rank: 5
☆ 人間の腕と鳥の翼は相同する ⇨ Human arms and bird wings are homologous
► 助動詞
みたいだ [(2)みたいだ] [coll] meaning: resemble rank: 1
☆ 子供みたいなこと言ってるな ⇨ Stop talking like a child. Don’t be a big baby
様だ [(1)ようだ] meaning: resemble rank: 1
☆ 御存知のように ⇨ As you know
☆ 春のような陽気 ⇨ Spring-like warm weather (in winter)
みたい [(2)みたい] [みたいだ] [coll] [peer] meaning: resemble rank: 2
☆ 馬鹿みたい ⇨ It is kind of stupid. It looks, feels, sounds, stupid (☛ だ of みたいだ is dropped in a colloquial form)
如き [(1)ごとき] [如し] [liter] meaning: resemble rank: 3
☆ お前如きに負けたりするか ⇨ I will never lose to someone like you
☆ 地獄の如き惨状 ⇨ A mayhem like in hell
如く [(1)ごとく] [如し] [liter] meaning: resemble rank: 3
☆ 風の如く走る ⇨ Run like a wind
如し [(1)ごとし] [liter] meaning: resemble rank: 3
☆ 疾風の如し ⇨ Like the wind
► 名詞
面影 [おもかげ] meaning: resemble rank: 3
☆ 彼には当時の面影は無い ⇨ He doesn’t look like he used to then. He looks totally different now
☆ 彼女には母親の面影がある ⇨ She resembles her mother
そっくりさん [そっくりさん] meaning: resemble rank: 4
☆ 有名人のそっくりさん ⇨ A celebrity lookalike (☛ A look-alike person)
類似 [るいじ] meaning: resemble rank: 4
☆ 類似例は幾らでもある ⇨ There are countless similar examples
► 形容動詞
生き写し [いきうつし] meaning: resemble rank: 4
☆ 彼女は母親に生き写しだ ⇨ She looks exactly like her mother (☛ Usually about a parent and a child)
► 接尾辞
臭い [(2)くさい] meaning: resemble rank: 1
☆ 彼は年寄り臭い格好をしている ⇨ He is wearing old-man like clothes
☆ 貧乏臭い服 ⇨ Clothes that make you look poor
っぽい [っぽい] [coll] meaning: resemble rank: 2
☆ 彼女美人かもしれないけどバカっぽい ⇨ She might be beautiful but kinda looks stupid
似 [に] meaning: resemble rank: 3
☆ 彼女は母親似だ ⇨ She resembles her mother