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〜みたい: looks like (casual)

N4 · 09 Appearance, hearsay & judgment

Casual 'looks like' or 'is like'.

Plain form, noun, na-adjective stem directly + みたい (no の / な): 子供みたい, 雨みたい. Conjugates as na-adjective: みたいな, みたいに.

Examples

彼かれは子供こどもみたいだ。

He is like a child.

誰だれもいないみたいだね。

It seems nobody is here.