How do you say "a little like..."


If I wanted to say something like "He looks like his brother," I might say
「彼はお兄さんみたいです。」or 「彼はお兄さんのようです。」

But what if I wanted to say that he looks "a little" like his brother? Would I
simply add a 少し to the above sentences? (E.g., 彼は少しお兄さんのようです。) Is that
grammatical, seeing as there is no verb or adjective for 少し to modify?




If you mention "His face looks like his brother", you should say
彼はお兄さんに似ている(or 彼はお兄さんにそっくりだ). If you want to add "a little", it would be
彼は少し(ちょっと)お兄さんに似ている.

彼はお兄さんみたいです and 彼はお兄さんのようです would be interpreted as "He seems to be
(someone's) elder brother" or "His existence(or character) is like a elder
brother".




If you mention "His face looks like his brother", you should say
彼はお兄さんに似ている(or 彼はお兄さんにそっくりだ). If you want to add "a little", it would be
彼は少し(ちょっと)お兄さんに似ている.

彼はお兄さんみたいです and 彼はお兄さんのようです would be interpreted as "He seems to be
(someone's) elder brother" or "His existence(or character) is like a elder
brother".

