似たり寄ったり

Japanese

Kanji in this term
似 寄
に
Grade: 5
よ
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) にた​りよったり [nìtáꜜrìyòttàrì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • (Tokyo) にたりよ​ったり [nìtáríyóꜜttàrì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɲ̟ita̠ɾʲijo̞t̚ta̠ɾʲi]

Adjective

似(に)たり寄(よ)ったり • (nitariyottari) -na (adnominal 似(に)たり寄(よ)ったりな (nitariyottari na), adverbial 似(に)たり寄(よ)ったりに (nitariyottari ni))

  1. much alike
    Synonyms: どっこいどっこい, 大同小異
    Antonyms: 雲泥の差, 雲泥万里, 月と鼈
    似(に)たり寄(よ)ったりな成績(せいせき)
    nitariyottari na seiseki
    test scores being much the same

Inflection

Noun

似(に)たり寄(よ)ったり • (nitariyottari) 

  1. being much the same

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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