~みたいだ

〜mitai da

JLPT N4 Casual Chapter 39: Guessing and hearsay, 4 of 9

Formation

Verb-casual + みたいだ, い-Adjective + みたいだ, な-Adjective + みたいだ, Noun + みたいだ

Indicates similarity, resemblance or 'like'; 'it seems', 'appears', 'looks like'.

When to use

Casual, spoken "seems like/looks like" - the everyday default for resemblance. (Near-duplicate of n3-103 - same word, taught at both N3 and N4.)

Explanation

The ~みたいだ grammar point is used to express that something appears, seems or resembles something else. It can be used with nouns, verbs, い-adjectives, and な-adjectives. It can be translated as 'it seems', 'appears', or 'looks like' in English.

Example sentences

Resemblance (Like / As If)

Corpus examples (60)

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