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JLPT N1 Grammar: じみた (jimita)

じみた (jimita)

Meaning: to look like

How to use the: Noun + じみた + Noun

Explain:
Don’t want to see something like that and see something. Similar to the sentence pattern ~めく, which is often used with negative meanings.

Example sentences:
1, 少しずつ春じみたきた。
Sukoshizutsu haru jimitakita.
It was gradually tinged with spring

2, あの子はよく年寄りじみたことを言う。
ano ko wa yoku toshiyori jimita koto o iu.
That child always talks like an old man.

3, 彼は、皮肉じみた言い方をした。
Kare wa, hiniku jimita iikata o shita.
He said it was a bit sarcastic.

4, ゆうべは、あたし、気ちがいじみた事をしてしまった。
yuube wa, atashi, kichigai jimita koto o shite shimatta.
I did a crazy thing last night.