Sure. Creer is very often used in a similar way to tacking on to omou to express best guess/subjectivity/lack of definition. Kirei [da] to omou can be pretty cl

Sure. Creer is very often used in a similar way to tacking on to omou to express best guess/subjectivity/lack of definition. Kirei [da] to omou can be pretty close to Creo que es bonito for thinking something is pretty. I'm not saying it's one-to-one, just the same kind of issue and you'll see very similar conversations about both. Therefore, it feels familiar and not astounding per Iyer.