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)?

  1. (Classical Japanese or literary) conjunctive form of ごとし (gotoshi): like, as if
Derived terms
  • 案(あん)の如(ごと)く (an no gotoku)
  • 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)

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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 (gotoku), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

(The following entry does not have a page created for it yet: 悟得.)

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