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真似 (まね): mimicry, imitation, behavior — Japanese vocabulary

真似 is read まね and means "mimicry, imitation, behavior". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

真似

Reading
まね · mane
Translation
mimicry, imitation, behavior
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
まねが

Example

子供は親よりもむしろ友人のまねをする。

こどもはおやよりもむしろゆうじんのまねをする。

Children imitate their friends rather than their parents.

Kanji in this word

  • 真 — truth, real
  • 似 — resemble

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