~のように (like, as)

The whole time, what the old man had said kept buzzing in my head, like the wing-beat of flies circling a melon.

If you immerse yourself in the problem, it will be solved easily, like oil calming rough waters.

The clan charges wildly, like a raging sea storm.

Tomorrow... tomorrow felt impossibly far away.

Every Tuesday, the teacher's small, pudgy fingers hopped about across the piano keys like a bird.

She dotes on that doll as if it were her real little sister.

She dotes on that boy as if he were her own real son.

Someday I'll run like the wind again.

Why can't I sing like they do?

Crawl faster on that low crawl — move like a cockroach!

The dancers look delicate in their white dresses, but in reality they're as strong as horses.

Yoko completely ignored John, and John for his part ignored her just the same.

The stars twinkling in the night sky looked like jewels.

The light shone like a star.

Democracy isn't something you can export like food or cement.

A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine.

My father doted on my younger brother like a precious gem in his palm.

She is as beautiful as Snow White.

She looks like she could be a farm wife.

She treats me like a mother.

She can't stand being treated like a child.

When she was a child, she was very shy — like many of us were.

She looks as beautiful as an actress.

She has the regal features of a princess.

It's become common sense to use foreign migrant workers from Asian countries as maids.

Because of the pain in my lower back, my legs felt heavy as lead and I was walking as if dragging them.

It's as smooth as a baby's bottom.

For example, like 'Hey, I just saw a blue square piece of paper.'

The room was as quiet as a graveyard.

He treats me like his slave.