N3Pattern 8
〜らしい（典型）
Formula:
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Examples & key points
今日は春らしい天気ですね。
Kyō wa harurashii tenki desu ne.
It feels properly like spring today.
This らしい means every inch a — not the hearsay らしい
彼らしいやり方ですね。
Karerashii yarikata desu ne.
That is very much his way of doing things.
On a persons name it means typical of them — praise or irony, by tone
らしくない と言われたら、ほめ言葉とは限りません。
Rashikunai to iwaretara, homekotoba to wa kagirimasen.
Being told らしくない is not necessarily a compliment.
The negative らしくない means not like you; context decides if that is good