ごとく

See also: ことく, こどく, and ごどく

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
如く若く

Adjective

ごとく • (gotoku) ^{←ごとく (gotoku)^?}

(Classical Japanese or literary) conjunctive form of ごとし (gotoshi): like, as if

Derived terms

型(かた)の如(ごと)く (kata no gotoku)
彗星(すいせい)の如(ごと)く (suisei no gotoku)
怒涛(どとう)のごとく (dotō no gotoku)
案(あん)の如(ごと)く (an no gotoku)

See also

様(よう) (yō)

Further reading

Japanese Language Stack Exchange - Usage of 如き, 如し, 如く

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of ごとく – see the following entries.

【五徳】	[noun] (Confucianism) the five virtues [noun] trivet, stove grate

(This term, ごとく, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

(The following entry is uncreated: 悟得.)

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