らしい

Meanings

1. い-adjective, Auxiliary adjective seeming ...; appearing ... (after the plain form of a verb or adjective, or a noun; expresses judgement based on evidence, reason or trustworthy hearsay)
2. Suffix, い-adjective -ish; like a ...; typical of ...; appropriate for ...; becoming of ...; worthy of the name ... (after a noun, adverb or adj. stem)

Example sentences

• 君の説明はもっともらしいが、筋がちっとも通ってない。
  Your explanation sounds plausible, but it just doesn't hold water.
• 君の行動は紳士らしくない。
  Your conduct doesn't become a gentleman.
• 局地的な大雨だったらしいけど、行かなくて正解だったよ。
  I'm glad we didn't go there because there were some localized heavy rain showers.
• 強風になるらしいよ。
  They say we're going to get high winds.
• 机を動かそうとしたら、足が床に引っ掛かっていたらしくガーッという音がした。
  When I tried to move the desk, one of its legs made a jarring sound as it scraped across the floor.

Words containing らしい

• たらしい seeming very
• 女らしい (おんならしい) womanly
• 女王らしい (じょおうらしい) queen-like

And 18 more.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists