How to Say “You look like _ .” in Japanese

by Tomoyuki Higuchi

How do you say “You look like your mom.” in Japanese?

Today’s phrase is :

You look like _ .

_ に似てるね。

　_ ni niterune

If you want to speak politely, you can say :

_ に似てますね。

　_ ni nitemasune

When you want to say “You look like _ .” in Japanese, put the name of the person he/she looks like just before “に ni”.

For example, if you want to say “You look like your mom.”, you can say like this :

お母さんに似てるね。

　okaasanni niterune

Or politely :

お母さんに似てますね。

　okaasanni nitemasune

We do not usually say “あなたは (= you)” or “あなたの (= your)” in everyday conversation.

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