あたかも – Vocabulary details

あたかも

Adverb

Usually written in kana

1. as if; as it were; as though

usu. as あたかものようだ, あたかものごとし, etc.

あたかも、時じ間かんが止とまったかのように見みえた。It looked as if time had stopped.

2. right then; just then; at that moment

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たかも

at precisely that time; at exactly that moment; just then; right then

luckily; fortunately

at precisely that time; at exactly that moment; just then; right then

それはあたかも光ひかりの道みちだ。

It is as if it were a path of light.

あたかも女め神がみのごとき名な前まえだな。

Why, that's a name just like a goddess's.

彼かれはあたかもすべてを知しっているかのように話はなす。

He talks as if he knew everything.

あたかも二ふた人りきりの空くう間かんができてしまっている。

It is as if a space for just the two of them has been created.

彼かの女じょはあたかも幽ゆう霊れいでも見みたかのように見みえた。

She looked as if she had seen a ghost.

彼かれはあたかも有ゆう名めいな政せい治じ家かであるかのようにふるまう。

He behaves as if he were a famous statesman.

大だい学がく時じ代だいを振ふり返かえってみるとあたかも１いっ世せい紀き前まえの事ことのように思おもえる。

Looking back on our college days, it seems as if they were a century ago.

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