Word usually written using kana alone; Noun, used as a suffix

-like; pseudo-; mock ...; imitation ...; in the style of ...

Common noun

comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts)

Archaic; Common noun

criticism; censure

Dated term

disagreement; conflict; clash; discrepancy; inconsistency

to censure; to criticize; to criticise; to rebuke; to defy; to disobey

to fashion after; to make in the form of; to imitate