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恰も

宛も

Readings

Kana: あたかも、あだかも
Romaji: atakamo, adakamo
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

adv
1

as if; as it were; as though

Note: usu. as あたかものようだ, あたかものごとし, etc.
Note: word usually written using kana alone
2

right then; just then; at that moment

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

Readings: コウ、 カッ、 チョウ、 キョウ、 あたか.も
Meanings: just as, as though, fortunately
Readings: エン、 あ.てる、 -あて、 -づつ、 あたか.も
Meanings: address, just like, fortunately

Example Sentences

(かれ)らはあたかも(あり)のように(はたら)いた。
➥They worked like so many ants.
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彼女(かのじょ)はあたかも幽霊(ゆうれい)でも()たかのように()えた。
➥She looked as if she had seen a ghost.
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(かれ)はあたかもすべてを()っているかのように(はな)す。
➥He talks as if he knew everything.
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(かれ)はあたかも金持(かねも)ちのような(くち)(きかた)()をする。
➥He talks as if he were rich.
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そこに()ったかれはあたかも悪鬼(あっき)のようだった。
➥As he stood there he might have been a fiend.
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(かれ)はあたかも有名(ゆうめい)政治家(せいじか)であるかのようにふるまう。
➥He behaves as if he were a famous statesman.
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