Word · 単語
恰も
Reading あたかも
as if
- 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.
- 2 right then, just then, at that moment
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例文 · examples
彼はあたかも病気であったかのような顔つきをしていた。
He looked as if he had been ill.
sense 1 · as if
彼らはあたかも蟻のように働いた。
They worked like so many ants.
彼はあたかも金持ちのような口の利き方をする。
He talks as if he were rich.
彼女はあたかも幽霊でも見たかのように見えた。
She looked as if she had seen a ghost.
彼はあたかもすべてを知っているかのように話す。
He talks as if he knew everything.