Japanese

Adverb

丸で ‎(hiragana まるで, romaji marude)

1. entirely, quite; completely; just like, so to speak, as though, as if
   • 2003, Enrico Maxwell- page 76 in Chapter 42 ("Aubird Force") of Hellsing volume 6

     まるで煉獄 (れんごく)。

     Marude rengoku.

     Just like purgatory.

   まるで夢 (ゆめ)を見 (み)ているようだ。

   Marude yume o mite iru yō da.

   It felt as if I were dreaming.

Usage notes

• This term can be written as 丸で, but it is usually written in hiragana.

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9