かのように
Meanings
Conjunction
Expression
1. as if; as though
usu. after verb
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Examples (23 in total)
She spoke as though nothing had happened.
Tom acted like a hero.
He talks as if he were a teacher.
She acted as if she knew French well.
He smoked as if nothing had happened.
She's sitting as if charmed by the music.
Why is he looking at me as though he knows me?
He speaks Japanese as if he were Japanese.
Ken talks as if he knew everything.
She stood transfixed as if she had seen a ghost.
He behaves as if he were a famous statesman.
Just as if that was proof that that was correct English.
Sometimes he acted as if he were my boss.
She raised her fist as if to hit me.
He looks as happy as if he had won a trip to Hawaii.
The foreigner speaks Japanese as if it were his native language.
He always talks as though he were addressing a public meeting.
Why do you talk about him as if he were an old man?
She talks as if she knew everything about it.
The sky became as dark as if the sun had sunk.
My wife spends money as if I were the richest man in town.
He looked as if he had not eaten for days.
He looks as if he had been ill for more than a month.