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であるかのように

as if

→ だ
phrase Rare #32,376
as if Used to describe something as though it were true. である is a formal form of だ, and かのように means “as if” or “as though.”
JA: 彼は何も知らないであるかのように振る舞った。
EN: He acted as if he knew nothing.

妻はまるで私が町一番のお金持ちであるかのようにお金を使う。

My wife spends money as if I were the richest man in town.

彼は私がうそつきであるかのように言った。

He said it as if I were a liar.

彼は僕をうそつきであるかのように言った。

He spoke of me as if I were a liar.

彼女はまるで病気であるかのように青い顔をしている。

She looks pale, as if she were ill.

その外国人はまるで母国語であるかのように日本語を話す。

That foreigner speaks Japanese as if it were their native language.