Vocabulary
恰も
あたかも
as if; as it were; as though
adverb
freq #900
Example sentences
彼（かれ）はあたかも有名（ゆうめい）な政治家（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.
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.
そこに立（た）った彼（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.
大学（だいがく）時代（じだい）を振り返（ふりかえ）ってみるとあたかも１世紀（せいき）前（まえ）の事（こと）のように思（おも）える。
Looking back on our college days, it seems as if they were a century ago.
彼女（かのじょ）はあたかも幽霊（ゆうれい）でも見（み）たかのように見（み）えた。
She looked as if she had seen a ghost.
彼（かれ）らはあたかも蟻（あり）のように働（はたら）いた。
They worked like so many ants.