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  Pushindawood

  typical of
  -ish・like
  appropriate for
  becoming of
  befitting

  Structure

  • Noun + らしい
  • Noun 1 + らしい + Noun
  • Noun + らしく + Phrase

  [Aらしい is used to express that someone (something) meets the standards of being A or expresses the typical traits of A]

  [Unlike みたい or よう, らしい also implies that it belongs to group A (i.e. 子供らしい is used when talking about a child, 夏らしい when talking about summer, etc.]

  [when the same noun is used, it expresses a perfect example, apex, real. Like: ‘most radish radish’, ‘manly man’, etc.]
  [Very often used with いかにも (indeed, really) for emphasis]

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  らしい① - Seems like; (I...

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  max99x

  Japanese Ammo has a good explanation of らしい in this sense, which could be added to the readings section.

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  mrnoone

  Hey

  I have added the link to the resources section

  Thank you for the feedback!
  Cheers,

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  Daru

  …One of the example sentences to this grammar point is a Konosuba reference?

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  mrnoone

  @Daru
  

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  CrisH

  Not the theme park one, is it? I’ve just been wondering what theme parks have blackjack…

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  dom1911

  While I get this grammar point I am struggling with the nuance of adding さ to to らし. Would somebody be able to explain this?

  「あなたの笑顔の愛らしさに気づいたばかりだわ.」

  Thank you!

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  mrnoone

  Hey @dom1911
  Adding さ makes らしい into a noun, so you can use it with particles like を、が、に and so on. The difference is as between adjective and a noun.

  本物らしさが重要だ
  authenticity is important

  ダイヤモンドは本物らしい。
  The diamond seems to be authentic.

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  Superpnut

  I don’t really get what you mean by phrase in this grammar point

  • Noun + らしく + Phrase
    Could I get a quick explanation or maybe an example because I’m not really sure
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  nekoyama

  I think it’s just a way to say “a bunch of words”. In linguistics, a phrase is a grammatical unit that can consist of multiple words. Not all phrases are valid here, but there isn’t really enough room to put a complete list. But it would be the same one as for い-adjectives in their く-form or for adverbs.

  Among the example sentences, there is this one:
  カップルらしく 映画えいがを見みに行いこう

  I picked it because it’s fairly long compared to the other examples. The entire part after らしく is the “phrase”.

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  Superpnut

  Thanks, I wasn’t sure what it meant. I kinda thought it meant what you were saying but I wasn’t sure. I guess I just never thought something like “going to the movies” was considered a phrase I just thought it was a sentence. But I get what they mean by phrase now thanks

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  Shadoobie

  90% sure that’s a Futurama reference, which, while hilarious, is a bad example without the full quote:

  “Yeah, well, I’m gonna go build my own theme park- with blackjack, and hookers! Actually, forget the park.”