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A suffix indicating resemblance or taking after someone (for example, 'father-like' as 父似). It usually follows a name or a relative term.

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彼は父似で、幼い頃から顔立ちがよく似ていると言われた。

He takes after his father; people have said since childhood that their faces are very similar.

子どもは母似か父似か、家族でよく話題になる。

Whether the child resembles the mother or the father is often a topic in the family.

あの俳優は祖父似の穏やかな表情をしている。

That actor has a calm expression resembling his grandfather's.

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