Word Meaning 似て非なる

にてひなる nitehinaru

似て非なる is read as にてひなる (nitehinaru) and means similar but different.

Meaning

English

  1. similar but different
  2. alike only in appearance
  3. falsely similar
  4. spurious
  5. sham
  6. pseudo-

Reading

Kana

にてひなる

Romaji

nitehinaru

Writing Variants

  • 似而非なる にてひなる nitehinaru

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 127463 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

似非事

えせごと

laughable affair

似非親

えせおや

distant disinterested parent

似非

えせ

false

似非者

えせもの

sham

似非理屈

えせりくつ

sophistry

似る

にる

to resemble

似せる

にせる

to copy

似通う

にかよう

to resemble closely

似合う

にあう

to suit

似合い

にあい

well-matched (esp. of a couple)