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まねる (maneru)

to mimic,to imitate

  • JLPT N2
  • Ichidan verb
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Meaning

真似る (まねる, maneru) is a JLPT N2 vocabulary word meaning “to mimic,to imitate”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 11

私わたしの動うごきをまねてください。

Please imitate my move.

子供こどもは親おやの癖くせをまねる。

Children imitate their parents' habits.

オウムは人間にんげんの言葉ことばをまねる。

Parrots imitate human speech.

ただ彼かれのすることをまねてごらん。

Just imitate what he does.

Conjugation table

真似る (まねる) is an ichidan verb (ru-verb). Every major form with romaji:

FormJapaneseRomaji
Dictionaryまねるmaneru
Negativeまねないmanenai
Pastまねたmaneta
Past negativeまねなかったmanenakatta
Polite (ます)まねますmanemasu
Polite negativeまねませんmanemasen
Polite pastまねましたmanemashita
Polite past negativeまねませんでしたmanemasendeshita
Te-formまねてmanete
Conditional (ば)まねればmanereba
Conditional (たら)まねたらmanetara
Potentialまねられるmanerareru
Passiveまねられるmanerareru
Causativeまねさせるmanesaseru
Causative-passiveまねさせられるmanesaserareru
Volitionalまねようmaneyou
Volitional politeまねましょうmanemashou
Imperativeまねろmanero
Desire (たい)まねたいmanetai

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