modality N4 common casualpolite
みたいだ — looks like
みたいだ
Meaning
- it looks like / it seems ~ (casual) — the full predicate form of 〜みたい
Key sentence
山田さんはもう帰ったみたいだ。
It looks like Yamada has already gone home.
Formation
| Attaches to | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| noun / plain verb / i-adjective | N / V/A(plain) + みたいだ | 天使みたいだ / 降ったみたいだ |
Variants
みたい / みたいです / みたいな — みたいだ is 〜みたい + the copula だ. The だ drops in casual speech (→ みたい), becomes みたいです in polite speech, and みたいな before a noun.
Easily confused with
Notes
- Full treatment lives at 〜みたい — this page is the explicit-copula spelling of the same point.
See みたいだ in real sentences
Jengo shows みたいだ the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.
Study it in JengoSources Compiled with reference to A Dictionary of Advanced Japanese Grammar, A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar.