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〜っぽい: Japanese grammar explained

~ppoi — Tendency / appearance ("-ish, kind of").

Structure

Noun/Verb(masu-stem)+っぽい

Examples

  • 彼は忘れっぽいです。

    かれはわすれっぽいです。

    He's rather forgetful.

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