それっぽい

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Japanese

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Etymology

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From それ (sore) + っぽい (ppoi).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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それっぽい (soreppoi-i (adverbial それっぽく (soreppoku))

  1. (informal) appropriately resembling
    それっぽく()せる
    soreppoku miseru
    to look decently appropriate (respectable)
    それっぽいもの()つける
    soreppoi mono o mitsukeru
    to find something that looks the role
    それっぽいもの(えら)
    soreppoi mono o erabu
    to choose something that looks right
    それっぽく(かい)(せつ)する
    soreppoku kaisetsu suru
    to make an explanation that sounds right

Inflection

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