宛ら
さながら
sanagara
JMdict entry #1153490
- adverb (fukushi) word usually written using kana alone just like; exactly like; as if; as though
- suffix word usually written using kana alone (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
少女たちはさながら蝶のように軽やかに踊っていた。
shoujo tachi ha sanagara chou no you ni karoyaka ni odoxtsu te i ta 。
The girls were dancing lightly like so many butterflies.
その子供達はさながら蟻のように働いていた。
sono kodomo tachi ha sanagara ari no you ni hatarai te i ta 。
The children were working like so many ants.
３人の少年はさながら猿のように木に登った。
３ nin no shounen ha sanagara saru no you ni ki ni noboxtsu ta 。
Three boys climbed the trees like a bunch of monkeys.
飛行機が５機さながら鳥のように飛び去るのを見た。
hikou ki ga ５ ki sanagara tori no you ni tobisaru no wo mi ta 。
I saw five airplanes flying away like so many birds.