Illustration: At a Japanese family kitchen table, an adult has arranged a lunch box with rice shaped into two small bears and broccoli between them. Beside it, a child carefully makes the same arrangement in a second lunch box, repeatedly looking toward the completed model.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

ならう

narau

to imitate, to follow

Here it means following a model or example. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

彼かれは父親ちちおやの例れいにならっていった。
He followed in his father’s footsteps.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
しかし今日こんにち、多おおくの若者達わかものたちが彼女かのじょにならって活動かつどうしている。
But today, a lot of young people are following her example.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
公文書こうぶんしょの作法さほうに倣ならって書かかれたもの。
It was written following the style of an official document.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

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