如く

Reading

Kana: ごとく

Romaji: gotoku

Definition

adv

1

like; as if; the same as

Note: word usually written using kana alone

See also: 如し

Kanji

如

Readings: ジョ、 ニョ、 ごと.し

Meanings: likeness, like, such as, as if, better, best, equal

Example Sentences

彼(かれ)は脱兎(だっと)のごとく逃(に)げた。

➥He ran like a scared rabbit.

汝(なんじ)自身(じしん)に真実(しんじつ)であれ、汝(なんじ)自(みずか)ら他人(たにん)に偽(いつわ)りなきごとく。

➥Be so true to thy self, as thou be not false to others.

あれは朝(あさ)にラブホから出(で)るのを目撃(もくげき)されるかのごとく気(き)まずかった。

➥That was as awkward as being seen coming out of a love hotel in the morning.

なんじの隣人(りんじん)をおのれのごとく愛(あい)すべし。

➥You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

いつものごとく、彼(かれ)の考(かんが)えはあまりに非(ひ)現実的(げんじつてき)だった。

➥As usual, his thoughts were extremely academic.

ずば抜(ぬ)けた着想(ちゃくそう)というのは、往々(おうおう)にして天啓(てんけい)のごとくヒラメクようだ。

➥Sometimes the most inspired ideas seem to just come from out of the blue.