似通う

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 似通う is read as にかよう and is an intransitive verb meaning that two or more things closely resemble one another in features or content.
• Basic usage: Similarity in works appears in 内容も似通っている, while similarity in ways of thinking appears in 考え方が似通っている.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Mutual resemblance
  • It describes a relationship in which the qualities or composition of the subjects are alike, without saying that one copied the other.
• Difference from 似る
  • 似る broadly says that one thing resembles another, while 似通う emphasizes that multiple things closely resemble one another.