～みたいです
A casual way to say it seems or looks like
You'll be able to share an informal impression, guess, or comparison in everyday conversation.
あの雲は犬みたいです。
ano kumo wa inu mitai desu.
What do you think this sentence means?
That cloud looks like a dog.
Make a conversational inference or resemblance
～みたいです is a conversational way to say something seems a certain way or resembles something. It often overlaps with ようだ but sounds less formal.
この店は休みみたいです。
kono mise wa yasumi mitai desu.
It looks like this shop is closed today.
Form and use ～みたいです
Nouns and な-adjectives attach directly: 休みみたい. Use みたいな before a noun and みたいに before an action. Do not confuse this with 見たい, “want to see.”
この店は休みみたいです。
kono mise wa yasumi mitai desu.
It looks like this shop is closed today.
芽衣は眠いみたいです。
mei wa nemui mitai desu.
Mei seems sleepy.
このパン、石みたいに硬いよ。
kono pan, ishi mitai ni katai yo.
This bread is as hard as a rock.
見て、あの雲、ソフトクリームみたい。
mite, ano kumo, sofutokuriimu mitai.
Look, that cloud looks like soft-serve ice cream.
あの犬、人形みたい。かわいいね。
ano inu, ningyou mitai. kawaii ne.
That dog looks like a doll. It's so cute.
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