-ish; tends to; looks like

っぽい attaches to a noun, adjective stem, or verb masu-stem to mean having the quality or tendency of something. It can mean resembling (childish), prone to (forgetful), or -colored. It conjugates like an i-adjective.

Examples

• 彼かれは怒おこりっぽい性格せいかくだ。

  Kare wa okorippoi seikaku da.

  He has a short-tempered personality.

• この色いろは少すこし緑みどりっぽい。

  Kono iro wa sukoshi midorippoi.

  This color is a bit greenish.

Vocabulary in these examples

• 彼 he, him
• 怒る to get angry
• 性格 personality, character
• この this (+ noun)
• 色 color
• 少し a little

Related patterns · Aspect and degree

• 〜つつある be in the process of
• 〜一方だ keep getting more and more
• 〜きる do completely; finish entirely
• 〜ぬく do all the way through (despite hardship)
• 〜気味 a touch of; -ish; tending toward
• 〜だらけ full of; covered in