Word Meaning 擬き

もどき modoki

擬き is read as もどき (modoki) and means comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts).

Meaning

English

  1. comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts)
  2. criticism
  3. censure
  4. -like
  5. pseudo-
  6. mock ...
  7. imitation ...
  8. in the style of ...

Reading

Kana

もどき

Romaji

modoki

Writing Variants

  • もどき modoki
  • 抵牾 もどき modoki
  • 牴牾 もどき modoki

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 138831 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

擬寸法集合体

ぎすんぽうしゅうごうたい

assumed-size aggregate

擬人化

ぎじんか

personification

擬人法

ぎしんほう

personification

擬軟体動物

ぎなんたいどうぶつ

molluscoid

擬古主義

ぎこしゅぎ

archaism

擬人観

ぎじんかん

anthropomorphism

擬情語

ぎじょうご

psychomime

擬似外国会社

ぎじがいこくがいしゃ

pseudo-foreign company

擬古文

ぎこぶん

classical style

擬態語

ぎたいご

phenomime

擬洋風建築

ぎようふけんちく

pseudo-Western architecture (of Meiji-period Japan)

擬声語

ぎせいご

onomatope (i.e. word formed by onomatopoeia)