Illustration: At a community pottery workshop, two participants lift their freshly fired cups beside each other and exchange amused looks. Both cups have the same squat shape, unusually thick handles, and three uneven dots near the rim, although one leans slightly and the other has a wider mouth.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

似に通かよう

nikayou

to resemble closely

Example sentences

  1. あなたと私わたしの悩なやみは似通にかよっている。

    Your problem and mine are similar.

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  2. 心臓しんぞうとポンプは似にかよっている。

    The human heart is analogous to a pump.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれらは全すべての点てんでお互たがいに似通にかよっている。

    They resemble each other in all respects.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 似通

  • 似becoming; resembleOnジKunにる・ひる
  • 通traffic; pass throughOnツウ・ツKunとおる・とおり・かよう

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