Name + しい meaning


From what I understand -しい can be appended to nouns to turn them into
adjectives, or essentially "{noun}-like". Does this still apply if the noun is
a person's name, or does this represent a different meaning entirely?

For example:

> この犬はとても田中しいですよね

Would mean:

> This dog is very Tanaka-like, right?

Meaning the dog has characteristics that resemble another person/animal named
Tanaka.

Also, I am thinking about the form -らしい "seeming like {noun}" that might be
more fitting here, so could it be possible that -らしい can be shortened to -しい
in very casual situations? Or are they actually one and the same?




> -しい can be appended to nouns to turn them into adjectives

No. There are a few i-adjectives that appear to be in the form of `noun + しい`
(e.g., 大人しい, そらぞらしい and みずみずしい), but -しい is **not** a productive suffix. You
cannot attach it to an arbitrary noun. 田中しい makes no sense.

しい and らしい are different, and the latter can attach to an arbitrary noun.
However, Aらしい normally means "to be typical of A". For example, あなたらしいね means
"That's very you" or "That's typical of you". Likewise, 田中らしいね is used to
describe what Tanaka himself does, not what a dog does or looks like.

A colloquial suffix that forms an i-adjective analogous to English _-ish_ is
[-っぽい](https://jisho.org/word/%E3%81%A3%E3%81%BD%E3%81%84). この犬はとても田中っぽい means
the dog is very Tanaka-ish.




> -しい can be appended to nouns to turn them into adjectives

No. There are a few i-adjectives that appear to be in the form of `noun + しい`
(e.g., 大人しい, そらぞらしい and みずみずしい), but -しい is **not** a productive suffix. You
cannot attach it to an arbitrary noun. 田中しい makes no sense.

しい and らしい are different, and the latter can attach to an arbitrary noun.
However, Aらしい normally means "to be typical of A". For example, あなたらしいね means
"That's very you" or "That's typical of you". Likewise, 田中らしいね is used to
describe what Tanaka himself does, not what a dog does or looks like.

A colloquial suffix that forms an i-adjective analogous to English _-ish_ is
[-っぽい](https://jisho.org/word/%E3%81%A3%E3%81%BD%E3%81%84). この犬はとても田中っぽい means
the dog is very Tanaka-ish.

