らしい — meaning in English
rashii
Japanese → English · translate English → Japanese instead
English meaning
- adjacent adj Right next to something else, or sharing a border with it.
- apparently adv According to what one has heard or read, though not necessarily confirmed.
- appear verb To come into view; to become visible.
- seem verb To give the impression of being something; to appear to be.
Senses
らしい is used for these senses in English:
- adjacent (figuratively, postpositive) Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.
- appear (intransitive, copulative) To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
- look like (transitive) To resemble or have the appearance of being; to seem to be.
- seem (copulative) To appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as.
adjacent — full definition
- adj Right next to something else, or sharing a border with it.
- adj Closely related to or bordering on something in a more abstract sense.
apparently — full definition
- adv According to what one has heard or read, though not necessarily confirmed.
- adv Clearly or obviously, based on what can be seen.