〜らしい

Formationplain form or noun + らしい

らしい passes on something you have picked up without vouching for it, sitting between what you saw and what you were told. After a noun it can also mean thoroughly typical of that thing, as in 彼らしい. Which reading applies is usually obvious from what comes before it.

Examples

〜らしい is marked in each sentence. Tap any word for its dictionary entry.

1. 彼かれは町まちを出でて東部とうぶのほうへ行いったらしい。

   I heard that he left town and moved east.

2. 彼かれはそのとき寝ねぼけていたらしい。

   It seems that he was half asleep then.

3. あの会社かいしゃもついにホームページを立たち上あげたらしい。

   That company just put up a web page.

4. 夜よるは雨あめになるらしい。

   It's supposed to rain at night.

5. 彼かれは病気びょうきだったらしい。

   He seems to have been ill.