Word · 単語
尤もらしい
Reading もっともらしい
plausible
- 1 plausible, believable
- 2 solemn, dignified, serious
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例文 · examples
君の説明はもっともらしいが、筋がちっとも通ってない。
Your explanation sounds plausible, but it just doesn't hold water.
sense 1 · plausible
彼の話はもっともらしく聞こえる。
His story sounds true.
彼のもっともらしい話に娘はまんまと乗せられてしまった。
He did a real snow job on my daughter.