らしい ② (typical of)

typical of, -ish・like, appropriate for, becoming of, befitting

JLPT N4
Pattern

Noun + らしい

How it works

Noun + らしい means “typical of / befitting”: 男らしい (manly), 春らしい天気 (real spring weather). It describes something having the ideal qualities of the noun.

Examples

  • きょうは 春らしい 天気ですね。It's real spring weather today.
  • そんな ことを するなんて、かれらしくない。Doing something like that isn't like him.

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Further reading

Bunpro N4 · Lesson 10

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