あたかも・恰も・宛もatakamo[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. adverbas if; as it were; as thoughusu. as あたかものようだ, あたかものごとし, etc.
   彼かれはあたかも病気びょうきであったかのような顔かおつきをしていた。↗

   He looked as if he had been ill.
2. adverbright then; just then; at that moment

• SynonymまるでNeutralColloquial adverb covering 'as if, just like', but also 'completely' or 'not at all' with negatives, as in 「まるで分からない」; 「恰も」 is more written/formal.
• RelatedいわばNeutralMeans 'so to speak': it signals you are putting things another way or by analogy, and does not itself express 'as if'.
• Related言うなればいうなればNeutralSet phrase meaning 'so to speak' or 'in other words'; it focuses on restating something in different wording.

For 'as if/as though' in written or formal prose use 「恰も」, typically as 「恰も〜のようだ」 or 「恰も〜かのように」; in speech say 「まるで」; for 'so to speak' use 「言わば」. 「恰も」 can also mean 'just then'.

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1. さながら。まるで。
2. ちょうど。