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肖 means 'resemble'
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On
ショウ
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Kun あやかる resemblance
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Learn to talk about painted portraits, as well as abstract ones (e.g., a portrait of age 17). Find out how the idea of being inferior to one's parents spawned a word with many meanings, including a humble first-person pronoun. See how luck is considered contagious, and learn how a verb expressing this can also mean 'to follow someone's example' and 'to be named after.'
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 肖 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 肖 is used 8 times, read 2 ways.
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Most common form: あやかる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to share good luck; to follow (someone's) example (often written with kana only)2. to be named after (often written with kana only)
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