be like

似ている

見た目や性質、行動が人や物と似ている。

やさしい英語で： Have a similar appearance, quality, or behavior to someone or something.

• You are like your brother.
• The cake was like soft bread.
• Are the new houses like the old ones?

使い方： be like someone/something (Her voice is like her mother’s.)

類義語： resemble, be similar to

よく使う表現： be like someone, be like something

言う

くだけた話で、誰かが言った言葉を紹介するときに使う。

やさしい英語で： Used when telling a story to introduce what someone said.

• He was like, “Hi!”
• I was like, “Please give me a minute.”
• Then she was like, “Did you really win?”

使い方： be like + quoted speech (She was like, “Where have you been?”)

類義語： say, go

よく使う表現： be like no way, be like thank you

まるで〜のようである

ある状況が本当に起きているかのように感じられたり見えたりする。

やさしい英語で： Feel or seem as though a particular situation were true or happening.

• It was like a dream.
• Listening to him was like traveling back in time.
• When she returned, it was like she had never left.

使い方： be like doing something (Staying there was like living in a palace.); be like + clause (It was like nobody had noticed the change.)

類義語： be as though, be as if

よく使う表現： be like a dream, be like living abroad

いかにもその人らしい

ある行動が、その人の普段の性格や振る舞いによく合っている。

やさしい英語で： Be the kind of action or behavior that someone usually shows.

• It is like him to complain.
• It was just like Anna to remember everyone’s birthday.
• That is not like you. You usually arrive early.

使い方： be like someone to do something (It is like her to help without being asked.)

類義語： be typical of, be characteristic of

よく使う表現： be like someone, just be like someone