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

あ

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.

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