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らしい [ichi1]
1. [adj-i,aux-adj]
《expresses judgement based on evidence, reason or trustworthy hearsay》
▶ seeming ...
▶ appearing ...
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2423070 らしくない 1. unusual; different
2. [suf,adj-i]
《after a noun, adverb or adj. stem》
▶ -ish
▶ like a ...
▶ typical of ...
▶ appropriate for ...
▶ becoming of ...
▶ worthy of the name ...
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2827332 らしき 1. -ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
  ⇐ see: 2835828 らしからぬ 1. uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
  ⇐ see: 2423070 らしくない 1. unusual; different

Conjugations


History:
11. A 2022-04-25 20:47:39  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
10. A* 2022-04-25 17:17:29  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Aligning part-of-speech inflection information for auxiliary adjectives
  Diff:
@@ -8,0 +9 @@
+<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
9. A 2020-10-07 04:03:45  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I'll close this.
8. A* 2020-09-30 06:47:46  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
It's really sense 1 being used solo.  Lots of terms can be used that way - やっぱり is formally an adverb, but you hear it solo too. I'm not sure it warrants its own sense.
7. A* 2020-09-29 02:40:25 
  Refs:
Private LINE conversation:
A: 前みたいな蜘蛛?
B: らしい。

B is in her 60s.
  Comments:
Also used not as a suffix but by itself!
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