N3 — outside your level filter

かのようだ

かのようだka no you daN3neutral

savor + as if

ajiwau ka no you da

as if; just as though — a likeness you already know isn't true

meaning: as if

Same meaning

彼かれは何なにも聞きいていなかったかのように、平気へいきな顔かおで話はなし続つづけた。

kare wa nani mo kiite inakatta ka no you ni, heiki na kao de hanashitsuzuketa.

He carried on talking with a straight face, as if he had heard nothing. neutral

五月ごがつなのに、まるで真夏まなつが来きたかのようだ。

gogatsu na noni, marude manatsu ga kita ka no you da.

It's May, and yet it's as if midsummer had arrived. neutral

Same meaning8

as if; just as though — a likeness you already know isn't real

彼かれは何なにも聞きいていなかったかのように、平気へいきな顔かおで話はなし続つづけた。
kare wa nani mo kiite inakatta ka no you ni, heiki na kao de hanashitsuzuketa.
He carried on talking with a straight face, as if he had heard nothing. neutral
五月ごがつなのに、まるで真夏まなつが来きたかのようだ。
gogatsu na noni, marude manatsu ga kita ka no you da.
It's May, and yet it's as if midsummer had arrived. neutral
会場かいじょうは、時ときが止とまったかのように静しずまり返かえっておりました。
kaijou wa, toki ga tomatta ka no you ni shizumarikaette orimashita.
The hall had fallen silent, as though time itself had stopped. formal

かのようにkanoyounialternant
味あじわうかのように
the version you use before a verb, and the one you'll hear most. 何なにも見みなかったかのように通とおり過すぎた。
かのようなkanoyouna＋名詞めいしadnominal
味あじわうかのような
かのごとくkanogotokuliterary
味あじわうかのごとく
an old-fashioned word swapped in for ようだ. You'll hear it in speeches, editorials, and old writing, like 何事なにごともなかったかのごとく振ふる舞まう。

まるで often shows up too, marking the likeness as false (まるで真夏まなつが
来きたかのようだ). Nouns need である first (子供こどもであるかのように), where
plain ようだ just takes の.