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Japanese Appearance & Tendency
-ish, prone to, covered in, left that way, pretending to be. These suffixes and patterns describe what something seems like or keeps doing, and nearly all of them carry a quiet criticism: っぽい observes where らしい approves, and がち, だらけ and っぱなし are never compliments.
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っぽい | -ish and Tends To in Japanese
-ish; -like; tends to; has a touch of
がち | Tends To and Prone To in Japanese
Tends to; prone to; often does (unwanted)
だらけ | Covered In and Full Of in Japanese
Covered in; full of; riddled with
っぱなし | Leaving It Undone in Japanese
Leaving something as it is; keep ~ing without stopping
ふりをする | To Pretend in Japanese
To pretend; to act as if; to feign
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