Illustration: At a Japanese home's entrance, a grandfather balances awkwardly on one foot while trying to pull on a stubborn shoe. His tongue sticks out, one elbow points sideways, and his free hand grips the doorframe.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

模も倣ほう

mohou

to imitate, copy

Example sentences

  1. 全すべての子供こどもには、尊敬そんけいし模倣もほうする人ひとが必要ひつようだ。

    Every child needs someone to look up to and copy.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 特別とくべつな技能ぎのうを必要ひつようとする分野ぶんやを除のぞけば、彼かれらは彼かれのスタイルをあらゆる点てんで模倣もほうした。

    They have imitated his style in all areas except those that require special skill.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 小管弦楽しょうかんげんがくアンサンブルによって雅楽ががくの音色ねいろが模倣もほうされる。

    The tone of gagaku is emulated by an ensemble of small string and wind instruments.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 模倣

  • 模imitation; copyOnモ・ボ
  • 倣emulate; imitateOnホウKunならう

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