Kanji1 / 17
擬 kanji
mimic, aim (a gun) at, nominate, imitate
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- Strokes
- 17
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
ギ
Kun readings
まがいもどき
Words with 擬
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —擬声語onomatope (i.e. word formed by onomatopoeia)
- —擬態語phenomime; mimetic word; word that mimics an action, condition, or manner that does not make a sound (e.g. "damp", "calmly")
- —模擬店refreshment booth; refreshment stand; snack bar
- —模擬戦sham battle; mock battle; dry run; military exercise; war game
- —擬人法personification
- —擬爆弾dummy bomb
- —擬音語onomatopoeic word
- —擬するto imitate; to copy; to mimic; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
- —擬餌鉤artificial fly; lure
- —擬人観anthropomorphism
- —擬射影quasiprojective
- —擬有効pseudoeffective
- —模擬刀practice sword; fake sword
- —擬情語psychomime; ideophone depicting mental state or sensation
- —擬音係foley artist; sound effects person
- —擬似的pseudo; quasi; artificial; simulated
- —擬容語phenomime (of living things); mimetic word; word that mimics an action, condition, or manner of a living thing that does not make a sound (e.g. "aimlessly", "sluggishly")
- —擬古典的pseudoclassic
- —擬古主義archaism; pseudoclassicism
- —模擬投票mock voting