思われる (wareru)

It seems; it appears that; to be thought of as

Meaning & usage

思われる is the passive of 思う, used to say that something seems or appears a certain way, often to the speaker or to others. It follows a plain-form clause, or a noun plus と/に, as in アメリカ人と思われる. It is fairly neutral and common in both spoken and written Japanese.

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