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そっくり

the spitting image of, exactly alike; entirely, the whole lot

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Examples

  1. 彼は父親にそっくりです。

    かれはちちおやにそっくりです。

    He's the spitting image of his father.

  2. この人形は本物そっくりですね。

    このにんぎょうはほんものそっくりですね。

    This doll looks just like the real thing.

  3. 今月の給料をそっくり貯金しました。

    こんげつのきゅうりょうをそっくりちょきんしました。

    I saved this month's whole salary, every yen of it.

Common patterns

〜にそっくりだ
to look just like ~
本物そっくり
just like the real thing
そっくりそのまま
exactly as it was, untouched

Memory tip

Two quite different senses share one word: with に it means resembling someone exactly, and as an adverb it means "the whole lot, untouched". The neutral verb for resemblance is 似ている.

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