らしい

らしい

seeming ...; appearing ...

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

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

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.