文法の説明

N4 レッスン 3: 3/18

みたいLike, Similar to, Resembling

Conversational, Less formal than ようだ

使い方・接続

Verb + みたい + だ
［い］Adjective + みたい + だ
［な］Adjective + みたい + だ
Noun + みたい + だ

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  • 使用域

    一般

「みたい」の情報

In Japanese, there are many ways to express that something happens in a way that is 'like' something else, or 'resembles' something else. One of these ways is through the use of the な-Adjective, みたい. みたい can be used after any word that a な-Adjective would usually follow, to express that something is 'like (A)', or 'similar to (A)'.

In the above examples, we can see that みたい should always be followed by だ (or です) when it is at the end of a statement, however, this is frequently omitted.

みたい is also often used to describe another noun, but needs to be followed by な in these cases. In this type of sentence, it is just expressing that something is '(B), but resembles (A)'.

みたい is used most often in conversational situations, and is based on direct, reliable information. It is far less formal than its counterpart, ようだ.

Caution

Despite みたい meaning 'to resemble', and being based on (usually) visual stimulus, it should not be confused with 見(み)たい 'to want to see'. This is a common mistake that learners make, as みたい itself does not have a kanji form.

Fun Fact

みたいだ is originally an abbreviation of the more formal phrase を見たような. As a result of this, we can see that ようだ kept its formal meaning, while みたい became the casual equivalent.

関連

例文

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    この犬(いぬ)は熊(くま)みたいです。

    This dog looks like a bear.

    あの人(ひと)は有名人(ゆうめいじん)みたいです。

    That person looks like a famous person.

    今日(きょう)の昼(ひる)から雨(あめ)が降(ふ)るみたいです。

    It looks like it will rain this afternoon.

    あの雲(くも)は馬(うま)みたい。

    That cloud resembles a horse. (Looks like)

    あのビルは会社(かいしゃ)じゃなくて病院(びょういん)みたい。

    It seems like that building is a hospital, and not a company.

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最近の返信 (合計8件)

  • Jake

    Jake

    like・similar to, resembling

    Structure
    ・Verb + みたい
    ・Noun + みたい
    ・なAdj + みたい
    ・いAdj + みたい

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  • AdalwinAmillion

    AdalwinAmillion

    What is the difference between みたい, そう and よう?

  • clay53

    clay53

    The linked video in the readings section is privated

  • mathijsdm

    mathijsdm

    Oh yeah, seems so! If you happen to still be looking for the video, this is probably the updated version :

  • darkness_rising

    darkness_rising

    i just reviewed one of the sentences for this and the recording was of a masculine voice?? when did that happen? did i miss an update where bunpro got new recordings?

  • Shinzo

    Shinzo

    I’m learning vocabulary using Tango N4. There I encountered the following sentence:
    うさぎを飼ってみたいです

    In this sentence, みたい seems to be used to indicate “want to”. So basically instead of 飼いたい (?), the て form is used in conjunction with みたい.

    On Bunpro, the only explanation for みたい that I can find is this one. But this doesn’t match the sentence from Tango N4. I found the following website, which supports my assumption:

  • nekoyama

    nekoyama

    You’re looking for -てみる. The -てみたい form isn’t taught separately on bunpro but it’s very common that it’s used in this way.

  • Fuga

    Fuga

    Hey @Shinzo !

    The てみたい in the sentence うさぎを飼ってみたいです, uses the てみる form, as @nekoyama mentioned, and has been been conjugated using the grammar point たい. We hope this helps you understand better!

  • simias

    simias

    I really struggle heavily to understand the distinction between みたい and ようにみえる. Can’t they be used more or less interchangeably? I keep mixing them up in my reviews and it’s frustrating.

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