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まるで
Meanings
Adverb
Usually written in kana
1. as if; as though; just like; much as; exactly like; as it were
usu. followed by a form of ようだ or みたいだ
It looks as if it were a place forgotten by time.
2. (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; (not) a bit
with neg. sentence
But there is no reaction at all.
3. really; completely; entirely; wholly; truly; quite
But the purpose is completely different.
Alt. forms
まるで
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丸まるで
Pitch accent
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Top 300
Used in: 6238
Composed of
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
to enclose (a word, letter, symbol, etc.) with a circle
Examples (150 in total)
It's just like a wedding.
It's as if things have gone back to how they were.
But there is no reaction at all.
But the purpose is completely different.
My head is not working at all.
It's as if I've gotten a younger sister.
It is as if it were magic.
In short, I am being completely ignored.
My thoughts were not coherent at all.
It was like a convention of complaints.
Like this, it's just as if we were a couple.
It looks just like a child's handicraft.
It looks as if a toddler wrote it.
It is just like probing each other's true intentions.
It is as if they are hiding their expression.
It is as if it were alive.
I thought it was just like a cat.
Today it's just like summer.
This is just like a hotel room.
However, I had no real feeling of it at all.
But that would be practically suicide!
I felt as if I were dreaming.
It's as if they had fallen into madness.
The field looks completely different.
For me, it is a battle I cannot enter at all.
This dictionary is completely useless.
The lake's surface is almost like a mirror.
Tom and I are like two peas in a pod.
It looks as if it's going to rain.
Because he was just like a child, he yielded to temptation.
This room looks like a pigsty.
She speaks as if she were a teacher.
Don't talk as if you had seen it.
Your idea differs entirely from mine.
That would be just like running away, wouldn't it?
This time, however, things went completely the opposite way from before.
She was like an angel.
It was just like the wings of an angel.
Even so, dogs and wolves are completely different.
It's just like a warrior going into battle.
It is as if I am swimming in a transparent pool.
It's as hot as red-hot iron.
That sight was like a prayer.
It is as if the car is afraid to move forward.
The feel when pinching it was completely different.
It's a scene much like the end of a myth.
It was as hard as rock.
It was as if it were floating in the water.
It felt as if I were cutting through iron.
He speaks as if he were an expert.
You talk as if you knew everything.
It feels like we haven't seen each other in a hundred years.
It is a noisy morning, just like a typhoon.
Tom talks as if he were a teacher.
He speaks as if he were an American.
It looked as if we were on the eve of a revolution.
He treats me as if I were a stranger.
It is like a flower that looks as if it might snap at any moment.
This toilet paper is like sandpaper.
He lives as if he were a millionaire.
The boy talks as if he were a girl.
He speaks as if he knew everything.
It seems like he had never met his father before.
He works like a slave to his company.
It is just like a machine in the shape of a person.
She looks as if nothing had happened to her.
He acted as if he weren't afraid of death.
He talks as if he knows everything.
It is a realm that someone like me cannot even imagine!
When it comes to trains, my little brother is a real expert.
It is as if I am playing against world-class players.
My senior was a person who was just like a hero.
The English language surrounds us like a sea.
It was a gesture as if seeking salvation.
He speaks Japanese as if he were Japanese.
Depending on the other party, it is a question that is completely meaningless.
He looks like a completely different person to what he was before.
She curls up her body as if she were a child.
In spring, the park is just like a flower garden.
Even the voices of friends who are worried about me do not reach my ears at all.
I felt as though my incompetence had been pointed out.
He acts as if he were a king.
This is no place at all for someone of his noble rank.
Even with five people, there is simply not enough time.
The woman speaks as if she were a teacher.
It is as if I have wandered into a movie.
That school looks just like a prison.
I have no idea at all where to start or how to go about it.
It was as if it were appealing to some invisible someone.
Ken talks as if he knew everything.
I can't see the reasoning that leads to that conclusion at all!
Japanese pears look just like apples.
Betty talks as if she knew everything.
It was like watching a slow motion movie.
Just as if that was proof that that was correct English.
Tim writes as if he were left-handed.
It looks as if it were a place forgotten by time.
I'm reluctant to sleep in a complete stranger's bed.
I felt an impact as if I had been kicked by someone from behind.
It seems to be from quite a long time ago, and there are no records left at all.
You look as if you had seen a ghost.
Sometimes he acted as if he were my boss.
It's as if we have some kind of shared secret.
Mr. Wright speaks Japanese like a native speaker.
The shade of the forest is cool, as if it were soaked in water.
He looked as if nothing had happened.
She looks as if she had been ill for a long time.
The thief disguised himself as a policeman.
His manner was stern, as if he were about to face a battle.
He looked as if he had not eaten for days.
It was a look of disgust, as if they were looking at something filthy.
What that politician said is not at all true.
That expression was just like the sleeping face of a young girl.
It was a scene that seemed to mirror my feelings.
In the fine details, it is completely different from the uniform seasoning we have had until now.
It was like a working adult's greeting, but it was a bit endearing.
That child talks as if he were an adult.
She had no idea how to set about her work.
The affection she shows me is like a love that asks for nothing in return.
The boy talks as if he were a great scholar.
He speaks English as fluently as if he were an American.
The people followed the dictator like so many sheep.
It seems like yesterday that we skated together.
He's rich, but he lives like a beggar.
Jody looks as if she had seen a ghost.
The foreigner speaks Japanese as if it were his native language.
Timing so exquisite it was as if they had coordinated.
She was only a shadow of her former self after her illness.
That foreigner spoke Japanese as if it were his native language.
Why do you talk about him as if he were an old man?
She talks as if she knew everything about it.
She loves the boy as if he were her own child.
It feels as if I am dealing with a two- or three-year-old child.
She acted as if she knew nothing about it.
I couldn't move, as if I'd been put under a spell.
The thread drifted freely through the air as if it were alive.
She talks about Paris as if she had been there many times.
It seems as if everything he touches turns to gold.
It felt as if, just for this moment, I had returned to the height of summer.
Hearing it that way, that mask seems just like spy equipment.
Although the characters were different, it looked just like a bustling street somewhere on Earth.
It was just like a child who had studied in order to be praised by the teacher.
I apologized earlier, but she just smiled without the slightest sign of minding.
That statue is truly amazing. It's looking at us as if it were alive.
Romping around like a little kid, she tugs me by the hand.
The car starts moving as smoothly as a boat gliding over water.
It's just like when an actress is getting into character before a play.
My wife spends money as if I were the richest man in town.
Your eyes are like corals, dazzling and very pretty.
He told me about the accident as if he had seen it with his own eyes.