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っぽい (っぽい) — -ish, -like

っぽい -ish
Frequency #1954 Grade 3 3 characters suffix i-adjective

ppoi

っぽい
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Meanings

  • -ish
  • -like

Explained in simple Japanese

  1. ことばの あとに つけて、それに にて いる ようすを あらわす ことば。

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Adjective forms

Non-past covers present and future. Expand a form to see its plain, polite, affirmative and negative versions, where available. Some forms have multiple variants.

Na-adjectives use forms of だ. Conjectural and imperative forms can be formal or literary; everyday usage depends on context.

Compare conjugations
Non-past (present / future)

Plain · Affirmative

っぽい

ppoi

Plain · Negative

っぽくない

ppokunai

Polite · Affirmative

っぽいです

ppoidesu

Polite · Negative

っぽくないです

ppokunaidesu

Alternative variant

っぽくありません

ppokuarimasen

Past

Plain · Affirmative

っぽかった

ppokatta

Plain · Negative

っぽくなかった

ppokunakatta

Polite · Affirmative

っぽかったです

ppokattadesu

Polite · Negative

っぽくなかったです

ppokunakattadesu

Alternative variant

っぽくありませんでした

ppokuarimasendeshita

Te-form (connecting)

Plain · Affirmative

っぽくて

ppokute

Plain · Negative

っぽくなくて

ppokunakute

Provisional (〜ば)

Plain · Affirmative

っぽければ

ppokereba

Plain · Negative

っぽくなければ

ppokunakereba

Causative (make / cause to be)

Plain · Affirmative

っぽくさせる

ppokusaseru

Conjectural (probably)

Plain · Affirmative

っぽかろう

ppokarou

Polite · Affirmative

っぽいでしょう

ppoideshou

Conditional (〜たら)

Plain · Affirmative

っぽかったら

ppokattara

Plain · Negative

っぽくなかったら

ppokunakattara

Alternative (〜たり)

Plain · Affirmative

っぽかったり

ppokattari

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