ごとき

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
如き
若き

Pronunciation

Adjective

ごとき (gotoki

  1. (Classical Japanese or literary) attributive of ごとし (gotoshi, to be like)
  2. Also fossilized in the phrase (noun)ごとき, which behaves as a noun: (dismissive) someone like (noun)
    (まえ)ごときができるわけねえだろ。
    Omae-gotoki ga dekiru wake nē daro.
    Like hell you could do it.