Vocab Info

N1 Adverb

恰(あたか)もas if, as it were, as though, right then, just then, at that moment

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Adverb

      1. 1.

        as if, as it were, as though

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

        right then, just then, at that moment

        Usually written using kana alone

    All Forms

    恰も 【あたかも】、恰も 【あだかも】、宛も 【あたかも】、宛も 【あだかも】

    Details

      • あ

      • た

      • か

      • も

    • Frequency

      General Top 4,700

    Examples

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    • 時(とき)あたかも午後(ごご)三(さん)時(じ)、おやつの時間(じかん)である。

      It's exactly three in the afternoon—snack time.

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    • あたかも季節(きせつ)は春(はる)爛漫(らんまん)、お花見(はなみ)をしましょう!

      We're now right in the middle of Spring; let’s go flower viewing!

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    • 他人(たにん)が体験(たいけん)した話(はなし)を恰(あたか)も自分(じぶん)が体験(たいけん)したように語(かた)る。

      They talk about someone else's experience as if they had experienced it themselves.

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    • 窓(まど)からピラミッドが覗(のぞ)くこの光景(こうけい)は、恰(あたか)も絵画(かいが)を思(おも)わせる。

      The sight of the pyramid peeking through the window looks as if it were a painting.

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    • 人生(じんせい)は恰(あたか)も春(はる)の夜(よる)の夢(ゆめ)の如(ごと)しで、一瞬(いっしゅん)のうちに過(す)ぎ去(さ)ってしまうものなのです。

      Life is as a fleeting dream on a spring night—gone in an instant.

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