Illustration: In a family dining room, a child solemnly gestures toward a dog sitting beside an overturned biscuit tin. A biscuit rests between the dog's paws, and a chair pulled away from the table gives the apparent accident a convincing physical explanation.

JLPT N1i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

もっともらしい

mottomorashii

plausible, believable

Example sentences

  1. 君きみの説明せつめいはもっともらしいが、筋すじがちっとも通とおってない。

    Your explanation sounds plausible, but it just doesn’t hold water.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. もっともらしい口実こうじつを作つくる

    make up a plausible excuse

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. 彼かれのもっともらしい話はなしに娘むすめはまんまと乗のせられてしまった。

    He did a real snow job on my daughter.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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