【JLPT N3 Grammar】まるで〜のようだ(marude~noyouda)

Explanation:まるで〜のようだ

Meaning
"as if it were like 〜"
Used to make a comparison, often to highlight how something resembles something else very closely, almost as if it were that thing.

Form
(まるで) + N + のようだ
(まるで) + N1 + のような + N2
(まるで) + N + のように + V / イA

Points

  1. Comparison or Metaphor: "まるで〜のようだ" is used to describe something as if it were like something else, often in a metaphorical or imaginative way.
  2. Often Used with "まるで": The word "まるで"  means "as if" or "just like," and it is often used to strengthen the comparison.

JLPT Level
N3



Sample sentenes

今日きょうかぜつよくて、まるで台風たいふうようだ
It's so windy today, it's like a typhoon.

トムさんは日本語にほんごがペラペラで、まるで日本人のように話す。
Tom speaks Japanese fluently, just like a native Japanese speaker.

田中さんは日本人だけど、アメリカ人のようなかおをしている。
Tanaka-san is Japanese, but he has a face like an American.

アンナさんはたかくて、まるでモデルのようだ。
Anna is tall and looks like a model.

夏休なつやすみはやまような宿題しゅくだいた。
I was assigned a mountain of homework over the summer vacation.

ジェームスさんとジェシカさんはなかがよくて、カップルのようだ
James and Jessica get along well, they're like a couple.

彼女かのじょこえまるで天使てんしようだ
Her voice is like that of an angel.

Vocabulary

Japanese
English
台風 たいふう typhoon
- ペラペラ fluently
天使 てんし angel

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