I Love Kanjiまるで (marude)
まるで is a Japanese adverb meaning “as if; as though”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- まるで
- Romaji
- marude
- Word class
- Adverb
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- as if; as though; just like; much as; exactly like · adverb · usually written in kana · usu. followed by a form of ようだ or みたいだ
- (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; (not) a bit · adverb · usually written in kana · with neg. sentence
- really; completely; entirely; wholly; truly · adverb · usually written in kana
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Source: JMdict entry 1216280 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.