まるで

Usually written in kana. Kanji spelling 丸で

quite; entirely; completely; at all

JLPT N3 Common word

Meanings

Adverb
quite; entirely; completely; at all
as if; as though; just like

Example sentences

まるで眠ねむれやしない。

I can't sleep at all!
彼かれらはまるで犬いぬと猿さるだ。

They get along like a cat and a dog.
彼女かのじょは母親ははおやとまるで違ちがう。

She is not anything like her mother.
まるで酔よっているようだ。

She looks as if she were drunk.
まるで君きみは僕ぼくの鏡かがみみたいだ。

You're the only mirror for me.

More examples (10)

それではまるで話はなしがちがう。

That's quite another thing to what you promised.
まるで夢ゆめを見みているようだよ。

I feel as if I were dreaming.
寒さむくて手ての感かんじがまるでない。

My hands are numb from the cold.
まるで化石かせきみたいな人間にんげんだわ。

He is a living fossil!
その犬いぬはまるで人間にんげんみたいだ。

This dog is almost human.
これじゃあまるで四面楚歌しめんそかだ。

I see that I am surrounded by hostile faces.
この部屋へやはまるで豚小屋ぶたごやだな。

This room looks like a pigsty.
彼かれは私わたしをまるで他人行儀たにんぎょうぎに扱あつかう。

He treats me as if I am a stranger.
彼かれの批評ひひょうはまるでローブローだ。

His comment hit below the belt.
怒おこるとまるでライオンのようだ。

He is a lion when roused.