～らしいです (report)
Apparently, according to what you heard
You'll be able to report information that seems reliable while keeping some distance from the claim.
明日、新しい店が開くらしいです。
ashita, atarashii mise ga aku rashii desu.
What do you think this sentence means?
Apparently, a new shop opens tomorrow.
Give an indirect report or supposition
～らしいです can pass on information or make a supposition from indirect evidence. It often leaves the source or certainty less explicit than a direct report with そうだ.
先生は忙しいらしいです。
sensei wa isogashii rashii desu.
Apparently, the teacher is busy.
Form and use ～らしいです (report)
Use 休みらしい and 来ないらしい without inserting だ. The report sense differs from noun + らしい meaning typical of that noun.
先生は忙しいらしいです。
sensei wa isogashii rashii desu.
Apparently, the teacher is busy.
この道は通れないらしいです。
kono michi wa toorenai rashii desu.
Apparently, we cannot use this road.
駅前のパン屋は、来月で終わりらしいです。
ekimae no pan'ya wa, raigetsu de owari rashii desu.
I hear the bakery by the station is closing at the end of next month.
新しい先生はアメリカ人らしいですよ。
atarashii sensei wa amerikajin rashii desu yo.
I hear the new teacher is American.
あのレストランは予約が必要らしいです。
ano resutoran wa yoyaku ga hitsuyou rashii desu.
I hear you need a reservation at that restaurant.
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