JLPT 2 Kanji: 似

似

onyomi: ジ
kunyomi: に(る), ひ(る), にた

RESEMBLE, becoming, imitate, look like

Mnemonic:
it looks near-ly the same as the other

Joshi (particle):
___に似る = is similar to ___

Google:
マイフィギュア「My Figure」 どれくらい似るの？

ALC:
飼い主に似る - resemble the owner
Funny how we think dog/pet owners begin to resemble their pets, yet in Japanese it seems opposite.

Common compounds:

• 疑似 [ぎじ]
  (n,pref) suspected; pseudo; sham; quasi; false; mock
  
• 酷似 [こくじ]
  (n,vs) resemblance; resemble
• 似顔 [にがお]
  (n) portrait; likeness
  
• 似顔絵 [にがおえ]
  (n) portrait; likeness
• 似合う [にあう]
  (v5u) to suit; to match; to become; to be like
  
• 似通う [にかよう]
  (v5u) to resemble closely
  
• 真似 [まね]
  (n) mimicry; imitation; behavior; pretense
  
• 真似る [まねる]
  (v1) to mimic; to imitate
  
• 相似 [そうじ]
  (n) resemblance; similarity; analogy
  
• 類似 [るいじ]
  (n) analogous

真似しないで is like "Stop copying me!" Say it when somebody repeats what you say. I've heard it many times (I'm a born copycat?), but Google says 真似ないで is more popular. Hmmm...