N4 — outside your level filter
write + like
kaku mitai ni
like; as if — a spoken simile comparing something to what it resembles
meaning: as if writing
この部屋は図書館みたいに静かだ。
kono heya wa toshokan mitai ni shizuka da.
This room is quiet, like the library. neutral
あの子、飛ぶみたいに走ってったよ。
ano ko, tobu mitai ni hashittetta yo.
That kid ran off, as if flying. casual