Word Meaning 真似事

まねごと manegoto

真似事 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

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 100329 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

真似

まね

imitating

真似る

まねる

to mimic

真似し

まねし

copy cat

真似っこ

まねっこ

imitating

似非事

えせごと

laughable affair

真似鶫

まねしつぐみ

mockingbird

オウム真理教事件

おうむしんりきょうじけん

Aum Shinrikyo incidents

手真似

てまね

gesture

物真似

ものまね

imitation (of someone, something)

口真似

くちまね

mimicking someone's speech