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Grammar detail: noun + っぽい

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noun + っぽい - ~ish, -like

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noun

+

っぽい

means

~ish, ~like

っぽい modifies a noun, so that it functions like an い-adjective, similar to the -ish suffix in English.

こども

っぽい childish / child-like

ほこりっぽい dusty

がほこりっぽい。

が

ったはずがない。
The road is dusty. It cannot have rained yesterday.

の

を

った。
We regarded his behavior as childish.

っぽい can also be used to modify verbs and adjectives.

verb stem + っぽい - 怒りっぽい quick-tempered, touchy

い-adjective omit い and add っぽい - 安っぽい cheap, cheap-looking

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〜的 (てき) - turns a noun into an adjective

Kanji used in this grammar

子

シスこ child

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供

キョウクそなえる to make an offering とも servant, attendant

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怒

ド angry おこるいかる to be angry

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安

アンやすい peaceful; cheap

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道

ドウトウみち road

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路

ロ -じ street

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昨

サク yesterday

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日

ニチジツ sun; day ひ -か

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雨

ウあめあま- rain

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降

コウおりる to get off おろす to drop off ふる to fall (eg rain)

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私

シわたくしわたし I, myself

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彼

ヒかれ he

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行

コウギョウアンゆくいく to go おこなう to take place

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為

イ do

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思

シおもう to think

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