[似是而非, sì shì ér fēi] lit. seems so, but no (成语 saw, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); apparently correct, but actually wrong; specious, See Also: 成语, 莊子, 庄子 #40531

习惯成自然

[习惯成自然 / 習慣成自然, xí guàn chéng zì rán] habit becomes nature (成语 saw); get used to something and it seems inevitable; second nature #69550

虚有其表

[虚有其表 / 虛有其表, xū yǒu qí biǎo] lit. its outside face seems good (成语 saw); fig. looks impressive but is worthless; not as good as it looks; a reputation with no substance #89586

几乎不

[几乎不 / 幾乎不, jī hū bù] hardly; seems not

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模様

[もよう, moyou] (n) (1) pattern; figure; design; (2) state; condition; (3) conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; (4) model; pattern; example; (5) (after a noun) indicates that that noun seems likely (e.g. rain or storm); (P) #3073

どうやら

[douyara] (adv) it seems like; it appears that; somehow or other; (P) #14355

あるらしい

[arurashii] (exp) seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be

そうみたい

[soumitai] (exp) (col) it seems so; that's what it looks like

それっぽい

[soreppoi] (exp) like that; looks real; seems authentic; (P)

だろう(P);だろ

[darou (P); daro] (exp) (1) (See でしょう) seems; I think; I guess; I wonder; I hope; (2) don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; (P)

であろう

[dearou] (aux) will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope; I fear; it seems

でしょう(P);でしょ(ik)

[deshou (P); desho (ik)] (exp) (1) (pol) (See だろう) seems; I think; I guess; I wonder; I hope; (2) don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; (P)

雨女

[あめおんな, ameonna] (n) woman whose presence seems to cause rain

雨男

[あめおとこ, ameotoko] (n) (See 雨女) man whose presence seems to cause rain

逆転勝ち

[ぎゃくてんがち, gyakutengachi] (n, vs) winning after defeat seems certain; coming from behind to win; (P)

曲者;くせ者;癖者

[くせもの, kusemono] (n) (1) ruffian; villain; knave; thief; suspicious fellow; (2) peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; stubborn fellow; (3) tricky thing; something that is more than it seems; (4) expert; master; highly skilled person; (5) goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre; specter

春昼

[しゅんちゅう, shunchuu] (n) (arch) spring day (which seems long and quiet)

小袋と小娘

[こぶくろとこむすめ, kobukurotokomusume] (exp) (1) small bag and young woman; (2) like a small bag seems to be able to contain few items yet can be stuffed with many, a young woman seems inexpensive to bring up yet can end up costing a lot; (3) a young woman and a small bag are both fragile and great care must be taken with both of them

畑水練

[はたけすいれん, hatakesuiren] (n) studying (which seems like swimming in a field)

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scheinen; erscheinen | scheinend; scheinbar | es schien | es scheint, dass...; es scheint, als ob ... | wie es scheint

to seem; to appear | seeming; appearing | it seemed; it appeared | it seems that ...; it appears as if ... | as it seems; as it would appear

scheint

seems

ziemt sich

beseems

Das kommt mir komisch vor.

That seems funny to me.

Es kommt mir vor, dass ...