Was practicing some conversations when I came across those two phrases. How
would you answer something like:

> ゲーム会社「カプコン」の名作「ヴァンパイア」シリーズを知っていますか。

with the Japanese equivalent of "it sounds familiar" or "it rings a bell"?
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english-to-japanese phrase-requests idioms conversations
"sounds familiar" or "it rings a bell" phrases but a Japanese version
(Posting as an answer rather than a comment)

I think 「（名前くらいは）聞いたことがあるような」 may work, 'I feel as if I've heard of [the name]
before'.
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I think that a potential match for what you are looking for is the following:

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> [ピンと来る](https://jisho.org/search/%E3%81%B4%E3%82%93%E3%81%A8%E6%9D%A5%E3%82%8B)

The third or fourth definition linked is probably what you are looking for.

[ピンと](https://jisho.org/word/%E3%83%94%E3%83%B3%E3%81%A8) translates to
'intuitively', and of course [来る](https://jisho.org/word/%E6%9D%A5%E3%82%8B)
translates to 'come'. While the literal translation of `to intuitively come`
doesn't quite have the same ring to the English idiom, it carries essentially
the same meaning as `to ring a bell` in some but not all cases.

As @naruto has noted below, ピンと来る is a little bit stronger than 'i'm unsure,
but that sounds familiar.' Rather, the Japanese implies a sudden and more
complete understanding of the situation. It isn't as wishy-washy as 'it rings
a bell'. There's definitely some overlap, but the phrases are _not_ one to
one.

So with the assumption that I know and am familiar with series in question,
here's how I would answer the question.

> 聞いたら、ピンと来ますよ。  
>  Now that I hear it, it does ring a bell.

[Here](https://nihongomaster.com/japanese/dictionary/word/10036/pintokuru) are
a few more usage examples.
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