まるで
まるで · marude · JLPT N3 · adverb
just like
🪞 まる (丸) = circle, whole + で: wholly, completely, so just like
まるで comes from 丸 maru, round or whole. Something that is wholly the same is just like the other thing. It usually goes with ようだ or みたい: まるで夢のようだ means it is just like a dream.