似非親

えせおや じひおや

distant disinterested parent

似非事

えせごと じひごと

laughable affair, unlaudable affair, something unreliable

似非者

えせもの じひしゃ

sham, fraud, counterfeit, impostor, pretender

似非インテリ

えせインテリ

pseudointellectual

似非笑い

えせわらい じひわらい

smirk, affected smile

似非学者

えせがくしゃ

pseudo-scholar, fake scholar, would-be expert

似非理屈

えせりくつ じひりくつ

sophistry

似非科学

えせかがく

pseudoscience

似て非なる

にてひなる

falsely similar, counterfeit

似

に

takes after (his mother)

非

ひ

fault, error, mistake

近似

きんじ

approximate, proximate, having a close resemblance

似姿

にすがた

effigy; likeness; portrait; statue

酷似

こくじ

resemblance, resemble

相似

そうじ

analogy

真似

まね

imitating, copying, mimicry

類似

るいじ

resemblance, similarity, analogous, quasi

似る

にる

to resemble, to look like, to take after

似鱚

にぎす ニギス

deepsea smelt (Glossanodon semifasciatus)