らしい

らしい

N4Common wordI-adjective
I-adjective, Auxiliary adjective
seeming ...appearing ...
Suffix, I-adjective
-ishlike a ...typical of ...appropriate for ...becoming of ...worthy of the name ...

Conjugations

Basic

Present辞書形
らしい
Negativeくない形
らしくない
Pastかった形
らしかった
Past Negativeくなかった形
らしくなかった
Te-formくて形
らしくて

Adverbial & Conditional

Adverbialく形
らしく
Conditionalければ形
らしければ
Noun Formさ形
らしさ

Example Sentences

()も結ぶが、挿し木でも根付くらしい?

It bears fruit, but it seems it may even set root from cuttings?

幼なじみが春から大阪の大学に行くらしい。

Apparently an old friend of mine is going to a university in Osaka in Spring.

iPod nano は音質がいいらしい。

Apparently the iPod nano has good sound.

どうやら、(おれ)は微睡んでいたらしい・・・。

It looks like I must have dozed off.

何か重い兇器でやられたらしく、頭蓋骨は粉砕された。

His head had been shattered by a savage blow from some heavy weapon.