Meanings
Verb (1-dan, intransitive)
1. to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
Kanji used
resemble
Pitch accent
Top 400
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
to resemble each other; to resemble one another
Examples (69 in total)
Cauliflower and broccoli are similar.
My house is like yours.
Your problem is similar to mine.
They have something in common.
The girl resembled her mother.
His car is similar to mine.
They're all very similar.
His character resembles his father's.
Your opinion is similar to mine.
He doesn't resemble either of his parents.
This bike is similar to mine.
Your hat is similar to mine.
The twins look exactly alike.
Modern bridges are similar in shape.
He resembles his father very much.
These two leaves look alike.
He resembles his father in his way of talking.
Peter isn't anything like his father.
Whales are similar to fish in shape.
The climate of Japan is not like that of England.
Tom looks a little like John.
Gold is similar in color to brass.
The climate of New Zealand is similar to that of Japan.
Pink and rose are similar colors.
English and Chinese have a similar word order.
Daijisen and Daijirin are very similar.
I also heard a similar story.
His behavior is nothing like his father.
He resembles his father very closely.
Your idea is similar to mine.
The girl resembles her mother.
The father and his son were very alike.
That cloud looks like my dog.
Bill resembles his father in character.
The three sisters look very much alike.
These two brothers resemble each other.
The following sentence looks similar, but means something different.
The two brothers are very much alike.
Her idea is very similar to mine.
She strongly resembles her grandmother.
Ken and his brother are very much alike.
Mary resembles her mother in appearance, but not in character.
It looks like my handwriting, but I didn't write it.
Is there a similar proverb in Japan?
The climate here is like that of France.
Spanish and Portuguese are very similar languages.
This is very similar to the one I have.
Many countries are experiencing similar problems.
Although the names are similar, they are far from being the same.
The two boys look more alike than I thought.
Your watch is similar to mine in shape and color.
They look alike except for the color of their hair.
It was similar in some ways to soccer, which is played today.
His humble background parallels that of his predecessor.
They are so alike that I can't tell which is which.
I was surprised that he really had a strong resemblance to his father.
This watch is similar to mine I lost yesterday.
Mars resembles our planet in some ways.
The geographical features here are similar to those of our prefecture.
This game is similar in some ways to today's American football.
I acted to protect myself from a similar destiny.
I mistook her for her sister. They look so much alike.
The approaches used in those two designs are exactly alike.
Paul has three sons. They look very much alike.
All the houses in this neighborhood look so much alike that I can't tell them apart.
The twins are as alike as two peas in a pod.
The twins look so much alike it's next to impossible to distinguish one from the other.
The twin girls looked so much alike that I couldn't tell them apart.
The two buses resemble each other at first glance.