準える

Japanese

Kanji in this term
なぞら
Grade: 5
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
擬える
准える

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ぞらえ [nàzóráéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [na̠zo̞ɾa̠e̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

(なぞら)える • (nazoraeruなぞらへる (nazoraferu)?transitive ichidan (stem (なぞら) (nazorae), past (なぞら)えた (nazoraeta)) (alternative reading hiragana なずらえる, rōmaji nazuraeru)

  1. compare, liken
    Synonym: 例える
  2. pattern after, imitate
    Synonym: 真似る

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN