〜みたい
N4mitai
seems like; looks like; like (casual)
Formation
Verb-plain / i-Adj / na-Adj / Noun + みたい
Chinese meanings
好像;像
Chinese formation
动词普通形/い形容词普通形/な形容词词干/名词+みたい
Chinese usage
口语中表示推测或相似。
Chinese notes
名词后直接接みたい,如学生みたい;修饰名词用みたいな+名词。
Examples
- 隣の部屋に誰か来たみたい。Sounds like someone has come to the room next door.好像有人来到隔壁房间了。
- 今日の彼女は元気がないみたいだね。She doesn't seem very cheerful today, does she?她今天好像没什么精神呢。
- このケーキ、お店のケーキみたい!This cake is just like a store-bought one!这块蛋糕就像店里买的!
Notes
Casual equivalent of ようだ. It attaches directly to nouns and na-adjectives (静かみたい) without な or の. Before a noun it becomes みたいな.
#conjecture#appearance#casual
Related N4 grammar
Use this entry in code
import { getGrammarById } from 'kotowa';
getGrammarById('mitai');
{
"id": "mitai",
"pattern": "〜みたい",
"romaji": "mitai",
"level": "N4",
"meaning": "seems like; looks like; like (casual)",
"formation": "Verb-plain / i-Adj / na-Adj / Noun + みたい",
"examples": [
{
"ja": "隣の部屋に誰か来たみたい。",
"furigana": "{隣|となり}の{部屋|へや}に{誰|だれ}か{来|き}たみたい。",
"en": "Sounds like someone has come to the room next door."
},
{
"ja": "今日の彼女は元気がないみたいだね。",
"furigana": "{今日|きょう}の{彼女|かのじょ}は{元気|げんき}がないみたいだね。",
"en": "She doesn't seem very cheerful today, does she?"
},
{
"ja": "このケーキ、お店のケーキみたい!",
"furigana": "このケーキ、お{店|みせ}のケーキみたい!",
"en": "This cake is just like a store-bought one!"
}
],
"tags": [
"conjecture",
"appearance",
"casual"
],
"notes": "Casual equivalent of ようだ. It attaches directly to nouns and na-adjectives (静かみたい) without な or の. Before a noun it becomes みたいな.",
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "9f250b7e515080fd3da63f8c7418fd7093a93874ed23ebf21263f6357b3483a1",
"meanings": [
"好像",
"像"
],
"formation": "动词普通形/い形容词普通形/な形容词词干/名词+みたい",
"explanation": "口语中表示推测或相似。",
"notes": "名词后直接接みたい,如学生みたい;修饰名词用みたいな+名词。",
"examples": [
{
"ja": "隣の部屋に誰か来たみたい。",
"zh": "好像有人来到隔壁房间了。"
},
{
"ja": "今日の彼女は元気がないみたいだね。",
"zh": "她今天好像没什么精神呢。"
},
{
"ja": "このケーキ、お店のケーキみたい!",
"zh": "这块蛋糕就像店里买的!"
}
],
"references": [
"sources/grammar/n4.json#mitai",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "b363215be84b3644644e23f09991fd1decd85a95072505c6ad6703b7bba98ada"
}
}