酷似|こくじkokuji[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbresembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 酷似する(こくじする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 酷似します(こくじします) |
| Negative (nai) | 酷似しない(こくじしない) |
| polite (masen) | 酷似しません(こくじしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 酷似せず・酷似せぬ(こくじせず・こくじせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 酷似した(こくじした) |
| polite (mashita) | 酷似しました(こくじしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 酷似しなかった(こくじしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 酷似しませんでした(こくじしませんでした) |
| Te form | 酷似して(こくじして) |
| Potential | 酷似できる(こくじできる) |
| Passive | 酷似される(こくじされる) |
| Causative | 酷似させる(こくじさせる) |
| Causative passive | 酷似させられる(こくじさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 酷似すれば(こくじすれば) |
| tara | 酷似したら(こくじしたら) |
| Volitional | 酷似しよう(こくじしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 酷似しましょう(こくじしましょう) |
| Imperative | 酷似しろ(こくじしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym似るにるNeutralNeutral everyday verb for resembling; the most common choice in daily speech, with no limit on degree. 「酷似」 stresses extreme likeness and is written/formal.
- Synonym類するるいするWrittenWritten/formal verb, usually as 「〜に類する」, meaning to belong to the same class. 「酷似」 instead says extremely alike, with hardly any tellable difference.
- Synonym相似そうじWrittenWritten/formal word for likeness in shape or nature; in geometry it refers to similar figures. 「酷似」 stresses being alike to the point of near-indistinguishability.
- Synonym類似るいじNeutralNeutral word for being similar, centred on having points in common, as in 「類似品」; it does not carry 「酷似」's sense of near-identity.
- Antonym相違そういWrittenWritten/formal word for difference or discrepancy; the opposite of 「酷似」, which denotes extreme similarity.
For everyday speech use 「似る」 or 「そっくり」; 「酷似」 is written/formal for being so alike as to be nearly identical, as in 「犯人に酷似した男」. Use 「類似」 for shared points, 「相似」 for likeness in shape or geometry, and 「相違」 for difference.
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