N31451/1669

まる

rarely used kanji formusually written using kana aloneadverb

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Meanings

  • as if, as though, just like, much as, exactly like, as it were
  • (not) at all, (not) in the slightest, (not) a bit
  • really, completely, entirely, wholly, truly, quite

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Example sentences

彼女かのじょ歌声うたごえまるで天使てんしのようだ。

Her singing voice is just like an angel's.

この映画えいがまるでゆめているみたいだった。

This movie was as if I were dreaming.

かれまるで子供こどものようにいた。

He cried just like a child.

日本語にほんご勉強べんきょうはじめたばかりなので、まるでわからない。

Since I just started studying Japanese, I don't understand it at all.

そと騒音そうおんがひどくて、まるで工事こうじ現場げんばなかにいるようだ。

The noise outside is so bad that it's as if I'm in the middle of a construction site.