Word Meaning まね事

まねごと manegoto

まね事 is read as まねごと (manegoto) and means doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing.

Meaning

English

  1. doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
  2. imitation
  3. copy
  4. make-believe
  5. pretence
  6. sham

Reading

Kana

まねごと

Romaji

manegoto

Writing Variants

  • マネ事 まねごと manegoto
  • 真似事 まねごと manegoto

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 68206 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

こと

after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to

年中行事

ねんじゅうぎょうじ

annual function

私事

しじ

personal affairs

人事

じんじ

personnel affairs

理事

りじ

director

知事

ちじ

prefectural governor

見事

みごと

something worth seeing

行事

ぎょうじ

event

工事

こうじ

construction work

出来事

できごと

incident

大事

だいじ

safe

仕事

しごと

work