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as if / as though(まるで〜のように) As If: Talking About How Things Seem

Conditionals & Subjunctive

as if(= as though)は「まるで〜のように」。わります。なら「実際うのに」(He talks as if he knew everything.)、なら「実際そうかもしれない」(It looks as if it's going to rain.)。が、ここでは「」に使われます。

As if (same as as though) means "as though it were so" — and the tense inside sets the truth level. Past form: contrary to fact (He talks as if he knew everything). Present form: quite possibly true (It looks as if it's going to rain). The distance principle again, now measuring appearances.

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The Tense Inside Sets the Truth Level

as if のなら、「う」というランプがきます。He acts as if he owned the place.(まるでみたいにう——実際う)。ならで、「そうかもしれない」り。It sounds as if they're having a party.(パーティーでもやってるみたいだ——たぶんにやっている)。じ as if でも、ひとつでかのわるんです。

A past form inside as if lights the not-really lamp: He acts as if he owned the place (he doesn't). A present form stays neutral, leaning true: It sounds as if they're having a party (they probably are). Same as if, one tense apart, and the scent of truth changes completely.

っぽい as if、っぽい as if The not-really and the probably-so

He talks as if he knew everything.

はまるででもっているかのようにす。

=実際らない、のみ。 Past form — and he doesn't, really.

It looks as if it 's この 【be going to】 すでにめてある、またはきざしがある。そのめたことには will を使うので、そこがかれ going to rain.

ひときそうなだ。

=たぶんる。 Present form — it probably will.

She smiled as if nothing had この 実際にはそうならなかったことをはまったくじだが、う——をさかのぼっているのではなく、することをべている。 happened.

何事もなかったかのように微笑んだ。

よりする as if + As if + past perfect — denying what came before a past scene.

as if +

実際う」り。せかけのに。 Leaning contrary-to-fact — for acts and pretenses.

He spends money as if there were no tomorrow.

はまるで明日がないかのように使う。

as if +

「そうかもしれない」り。て・に。 Leaning probably-so — for readings and forecasts.

It seems as if the meeting is running late.

長引いているみたいだね。

よくある Common Mistake

He acts as if he is the boss.

はまるでりだ。(「実際うのに」をいたいのに)

He acts as if he were the boss.

はまるでであるかのようにう。

じゃないのに」というかせたいなら(were)です。is だと「実際そうなのかも」とになって、がぼやけます。ただしでは is でく、その調います。

To land the irony — he isn't the boss — you want the past form (were). With is, the sentence turns neutral and the irony blurs. That said, plenty of casual speakers use is and let tone carry the sarcasm.

  • as if nothing had happened 何事もなかったかのように 物語する as if + Narrative's favorite — as if + past perfect erasing the storm just past.
  • It's not as if ... に〜というわけでもないし らかく。It's not as if I'm angry.(ってないよ) Gently cancels an assumption: It's not as if I'm angry.
  • look as if / sound as if 〜しそうにえる/こえる 五感からのてのペア。 The go-to verbs for readings by eye and ear.
  • As if! まさか!/ありえない! as if だけの言葉 The broken-off scoff — slang that earned tenure.

まとめ Summary

  • as if + =実際う。+ =そうかもしれない。 As if + past = not really; + present = probably so.
  • as though は。くだけたでは like も使う。 As though is identical; casual speech allows like.
  • のさらには as if + Before a past scene: as if + past perfect.
  • の As if! =「ありえない!」。 Standalone As if! = "yeah, right!"

: 2026-07-23 Last checked: 2026-07-23