似る
にる
to resemble, to be similar
Ichidan verbJLPT N4
Example Sentences
My younger sister really resembles my mother.
Your way of thinking is not at all similar to mine.
Yesterday, my friend told me I looked like him.
Grammar Notes & Usage Tips
•似る usually uses the particle に to show what someone or something resembles — for example, 母に似ている means "I look like my mother."
•Don’t use を with 似る — it's not about doing something to someone, but showing similarity to them.
•You can use と to compare two things when saying they are similar — like この服はあの服と似ている ("This outfit is similar to that one").
•JLPT N4 level
Common Phrases & Expressions
顔が似ている（かおが にている）
Their faces look alike / They resemble each other
母に似ている（ははに にている）
I look like my mother / I resemble my mother
兄弟は性格が似ている（きょうだいは せいかくが にている）
The siblings have similar personalities
Complete Conjugation Table
Basic Forms
Dictionary Form
似る
Masu Form
似ます
Te Form
似て
Past Form
似た
Negative Form
似ない
Past Negative
似なかった
Polite Forms
Polite Present
似ます
Polite Past
似ました
Polite Negative
似ません
Polite Past Negative
似ませんでした
Advanced Forms
Potential Form
似られる
Passive Form
似られる
Causative Form
似させる
Causative Passive
似させられる
Volitional Form
似よう
Imperative Form
似ろ
Conditional Forms
Conditional (ば)
似れば
Conditional (たら)
似たら
Other Forms
Progressive Form
似ている
Desire (たい)
似たい
Prohibition
似るな