TAKOBOTO

like, as if (metaphor)
he looked as if he knew nothing about it

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かれはまるでちちおやにあったことがないかのようだ。

It seems like he has never met his father before.

かれはすべてをしっているのになにもしらないかのようなかおをしている。

He knew everything, but he made a face as if he didn't know anything about it.

まるでいきているかのようだ。

seems like it is alive.

あなたはなぜかれのことをまるでろうじんであるかのようにはなすのか。

Why do you talk about him as if he were an old man.

あのひとはまるでわたしをしっているかのようにおじぎをしているわ。

That man bows to me as if he knew me. [F]

そのこどもはまるでおとなであるかのようなはなしかたをする。

The child talks as if he were an adult.

そのおとこのこは、じぶんがまるでいだいながくしゃであるかのようなはなしかたをする。

The boy talks as if he were a great scholar.

かのじょはまるでてつやをしたかのようなかおをしていました。

Her face looks as if she spent the whole night awake.

このしゅうかいはかきのようにかいさいされます。

This gathering will be held as follows.

わがやのやねうらへやはむしぶろのようだ。

Our attic is like [(as) warm　as] an oven.

あかいドレスのかのじょがほほえむとうつくしいはながひらいたかのようだった。

When she smiled in her red dress, it was like if a beautiful flower was opening.

まださんがつのはじめなのにとてもあつい。まるでなつになったかのようだ。

Even if we are only at the beginning of March, the weather is very hot. It's as if summer has already come.

かのじょはやりてのようだ。

She looks (like) an able woman.

often goes along with marude まるで "as if"

dc

What is the difference between かのようだ and のようだ or just ようだ?

anon

ようだ is a very literal "like" something:
> This meat tastes like chicken.

かのうよう is usually more metaphorical
> she is like a princess

please also see [marude] which is often used in the same sentence.

can a japanese native speaker please confirm this?

dc

My book on JLPT grammar describes ーかのようだ as "ようだ" より強い

MM

The kanji for "meet" in ex #3793 is wrong, should be に会ったことがない

Alex

alex - pls fix?

dc

Alex, you should be able to edit these yourself. Just click on the edit link on the right-hand side of the example. I fixed the one you mentioned. However, I was wondering and maybe someone can comment, couldn't 「彼はまるで父親に合ったことがないかのようだ。」mean that they have never gotten a long? 合うcan mean something like "mesh well" can't it?

emilyjuno

According to my Kanzen Master book, the difference between かのようだ and just ようだ is that in the case of かのようだ, it's not actually true but it just seems like it.

So for example, if you see the boss' packed schedule this month, you can't say:

社長は来月忙しいかのようだ。 x Wrong
社長は来月忙しいようだ。 o Right

Here's the excerpt from the book:

（意味） 実際にはそうではないが、〜のようだ。

ahbonk