さながら
Meanings
Adverb
1. just like; exactly like; as if; as though (Usually kana, oft. followed by a form of ようだ)
Suffix
2. (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ... (Usually kana, after a noun; oft. as ～に or ～の)
Pitch accent
さながら
Examples4
３人
Three boys climbed the trees like a bunch of monkeys.
飛行機
I saw five airplanes flying away like so many birds.
少女
The girls were dancing lightly like so many butterflies.
その
The children were working like so many ants.