表層形
似おう
ニオー
動詞
似おう (ニオー)
Niou · におー — to suit, to match, to become, to be like
Other ways to say “to suit” in Japanese →
似おう in rōmaji: niou, also spelled nio.
動詞
一般
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📝 似合う 🔤 五段-ワア行 📐 連用形-ウ音便
Updated: 2026年8月17日
📖 Grammar Information
| 表層形 (Surface) |
似おう
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|---|---|
| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
似合う
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| 読み (Reading) |
ニオー
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| 品詞 (POS) |
動詞・一般・*・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
五段-ワア行
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
連用形-ウ音便
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
似おう
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| 読み・基本形 |
ニアウ
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| 表記・基本形 |
似あう
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| 見出し語の読み |
ニアウ
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💡 English Meaning
似おう means “to suit, to match, to become, to be like” — full definition & examples →
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Reading & Info
ニオー
Lemma: 似合う
動詞一般**
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⚡ 五段 (Godan/U-verb) Conjugations
| ます形 (Polite) |
似合います
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| て形 (Te-form) |
似合って
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| 過去形 (Past) |
似合った
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| 否定形 (Negative) |
似合わない
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| 意向形 (Volitional) |
似合いましょう
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| 可能形 (Potential) |
似合える
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| 受身形 (Passive) |
似合われる
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| 使役形 (Causative) |
似合わせる
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Did you know · 動詞
動詞 (verbs) come at the end of a Japanese sentence. They conjugate for tense, politeness, negation, and mood — this entry shows the base (dictionary) form.
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What is the difference between surface form and lemma? ▼
The surface form (似おう) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (似合う) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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The reading shows the pronunciation in hiragana or katakana as recorded by UniDic. For kanji entries this is the standard reading of this specific surface form — which may differ from other readings of the same kanji.
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