～らしい、～みたい、～っぽいの使い方
I'm studying the JLPT N3 grammar, but the book that I'm using for study doesn't have a detailed explanation. ～らしい, ～みたい, and ～っぽい seem to have the same meanings, but I think that they might be slightly different... Are they different? In what cases would you use one over the other?

今JLPTのN3の文法を勉強していますでも、勉強のために読んでいる本はくわしい説明は書かれていません。～らしいと～みたいと～っぽいも同じ意味みたいですが、意味がちょっとびみょうかもしれませんと思っていますが。どんな時は～らしいを使ってもいいですか？～みたいと～っぽいの意味が違いますか？

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～らしい、～みたい、～っぽいの使い方
I'm studying the JLPT N3 grammar, but the book that I'm using for study doesn't have a detailed explanation. ～らしい, ～みたい, and ～っぽい seem to have the same meanings, but I think that they might be slightly different... Are they different? In what cases would you use one over the other?

今JLPTのN3の文法を勉強していますでも、勉強のために読んでいる本はくわしい説明は書かれていません。～らしいと～みたいと～っぽいも同じ意味みたいですが、意味がちょっとびみょうかもしれませんと思っていますが。どんな時は～らしいを使ってもいいですか？～みたいと～っぽいの意味が違いますか？

Answer

When we speak well of a man e.g. as brave or generous, we say 男らしい.
When we speak ill of a woman who behaves like a man, we blame her saying 男みたい.
～っぽい is close to ～みたい but less critical.

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男らしい＝He reflects common images of a guy like, he carries a heavy object, stands up for somebody/something, keeps calmness and not shows his anger easily, etc.

男みたい＝She is a girl who looks, sounds, acts like a guy. Or, when a guy who's considered girly does so.

男っぽい is used as an adjective to a noun. Example: 男っぽい服・男っぽい仕草・etc.

So, 男らしい女 is used as a joke to describe when a girl has positive manly features.

男みたいな女 means negatively she is rough, for example.

男っぽい女 is also used as a joke to describe when a girl has negatively manly features.

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そうらしいです。adults
そうみたいです。college students
そうっぽいです。high school students
This is my prejudices.
I hope this will help you.

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